Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: Dr. Jitendra P. Dongare
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: Dr. Jitendra P. Dongare
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: Dr. Jitendra P. Dongare
2006
INDIAN
Milk and Milk Products Order FOOD LAWS Agricultural Produce
Department of Animal Husbandry (Grading & Marketing) Act
Ministry of Agriculture Department of Agriculture and
Cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture
Solvent Extracted Oil, De-oiled Meal and Edible Flour (Control) Order,
1967
FOOD SAFETY
COMMISSIONER SPECIAL
COURT
APPELATE
REFERAL LAB TRIBUNAL
ADJUDICATING
DESIGNATED OFFICER
ACCREDITED LAB
OFFICER
FOOD ANALYST
FOOD SAFETY
OFFICER
ROLE OF STATE AS PER THE ACT….
Sanction prosecution
Central Licensing
Authority
State Licensing esignated Officer
Authority
ppointed by the Chief
Registering
Authority xecutive Officer of
Designated Officers the
appointed under
Section 36(1) of the
Food Safety Officer SSAI
Act by the Food Safety
or any official in Commissioner of a
Panchayat, Municipal State or UT for the n his capacity of Food
Corporation or any purpose of licensing
other local body in and monitoring. afety Commissioner
an area, notified as
such by the State
Food Safety
Commissioner for the
purpose of
registration
LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF FOOD BUSINESS….
FSSAI
Head Quarters
REGISTRATION AUTHORITY LICENSING AUTHORITY (Licensing)
ZONAL DIRECTORS
• City municipal DESIGNATED OFFICER & OTHER OFFICERS
LICENSING AUTHORITY (for inspections &
corporation, Monitoring)
• town Panchayat,
• Gram panchayat FOOD SAFETY OFFICER
(for Inspection and
Monitoring Food Business
operators)
PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF FOOD BUSINESS….
Filing of an Application
Application
Form A
Fees Rs 100/-
Processing of Application
Within a period of
After the Inspection grant
30 days
the registration
Filing of an Application
Application
Form B
Documents + Fees
unique application
number
Require additional If n
information on incomplete or
e sp
Application on
se No improvement
FOOD SAFETY
ADJUDICATING SPECIAL
APPELLET
OFFICER COURTS
TRIBUNAL
Offences:
¤ Causing food to be injurious
¤ Abstracting any constituent
¤ Deliberate adulteration
¤ Nonconformance in Label
information etc.,
ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT……….
Penalties:
¤ Substandard food: Upto Rs. 2.00 lakhs
¤ Misbranded: Upto Rs. 3.00 lakhs
¤ Misleading advertisement : Upto Rs. 10.00 lakhs
¤ Food with extraneous matter: Upto Rs. 1.00 lakhs
¤ Fail to meet the requirements as directed by FSO: Upto Rs. 2.00
lakhs
¤ Unhygienic / unsanitary preparations: Upto Rs. 1.00 lakhs
¤ Adulterant not injurious to health: Upto Rs. 2.00 lakhs
¤ Adulterant injurious to health: Upto Rs. 10.00 lakhs
¤ Unsafe food – but does not cause immediate injury : 6 months
imprisonment with fine of Rs.1.0 lakh
Penalties:
¤ Unsafe food causing non-grievous injury :
1 year imprisonment with fine of Rs. 3.00 lakh
Compensation in case for injury :
upto Rs.1.00 lakh
¤ Causing grievous injury : 6 years imprisonment with
fine of Rs. 5.00 lakh
Compensation in case for grievous injury :
upto Rs.3.00 lakh
¤ Causing death : 7 years or life imprisonment
and fine of Rs. 10.00 lakh
Compensation in case of death :
upto Rs. 5.00 lakh minimum
ensure that only safe and wholesome foods are
marketed,
take decisions based on science ,
empower authorities to detect sources of
contamination and to take action to prevent
contaminated foods from reaching the consumer,
enforce Internationally accepted standards for food
and food commodities,
enforce compliance by manufacturers, distributors,
importers, exporters and other stakeholders and
be transparent and promote public confidence.