Tasting food while fasting

Question:

• Does tasting the food nullify ones fast?

Answer:

• No, it does not nullify the fast as long as it is not swallowed. But you should not do it unless it is necessary. This is because when this is the situation, and something enters into your stomach, your fast is not broken.

[Taken from Fatawah Arkan al Islam by Sheikh Uthaimeen]

[Translated by Abu Abdillah Abdul Lateef]