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THE FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS ACT, 2006 ENACTED ON
23rd August, 2006
NUMBER OF SECTION IN FSS ACT 2006
101
Commissioner of Food Safety appointed under
30
Designated Officer means the officer appointed under section
36
FOOD DOES NOT INCLUDE
“any animal feed, live animals unless they are prepared or processed for placing on the market for human consumption, plants, prior to harvesting, drugs and medicinal products, cosmetics, narcotic or psychotropic substances:
FOOD DEFINED UNDER SECTION
3(1)(j)
Food Analyst means an analyst appointed under section
45
Food Authority means the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India established under section
4
Food laboratory means any food laboratory or institute established under section
43
Food Safety Officer means an officer appointed under section
37
Hazard means
“a biological, chemical or physical agent in, or condition of, food with the potential to cause an adverse health effect;”
Improvement notice means a notice issued under section
32
Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act enacted on
1992
Licence means a licence granted under section
31
Misbranded food defined under section
3(1)(zf)
Prohibition order means an order issued under section
33
Sub-standard defined under section
3(1)(zx)
An article of food shall be deemed to be SUBSTANDARD
“if it does not meet the specified standards but not so as to render the article of food unsafe””
Tribunal means the Food Safety Appellate Tribunal established under section
70
Unsafe food defined under section
3(1)(zz)
Unsafe food means an article of food
whose nature, substance or quality is so affected as to render it injurious to health:
Establishment of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under section
4
The head office of the Food Authority at
Delhi
Composition of Food Authority
a Chairperson and twenty-two members out of which one-third shall be women.
Ministries or Departments of the Central Government represent in FSSAI
(i) Agriculture,
(ii) Commerce,
(iii) Consumer Affairs,
(iv) Food Processing,
(v) Health,
(vi) Legislative Affairs,
(vii) Small Scale Industries,
Legal representative of the Food Authority
The Chief Executive Officer
U/s.10
Cooperation between the Food Authority and the enforcement agencies and organizations operating in the field of food done by
Central Advisory Committee.
u/s.12
The Central Advisory Committee shall consist of
2 members each from
food industry, agriculture, consumers, relevant research bodies and food laboratories &
all Commissioners of Food Safety, & the Chairperson of the Scientific Committee( ex officio member.)
SECTION :11
Duties and functions of Food Authority defined under section
16
The provisions of FSS Act shall not apply to
any farmer or fisherman or farming operations or crops or livestock or aquaculture, and supplies used or produced in farming or products of crops produced by a farmer at farm level or a fisherman in his operations. U/s.18(3)
Section 19 as to
Use of food additive or processing aid.
No article of food shall contain any food additive or processing aid unless it is in accordance with the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder
SECTION 19
Section 20 as to
Contaminants, naturally occurring toxic substances, heavy metals, etc
No article of food shall contain any contaminant, naturally occurring toxic substances or toxins or hormone or heavy metals in excess of such quantities as may be specified by regulations.
SECTION 20
section 21 as to
Pesticides, veterinary drugs residues, antibiotic residues and microbiological counts
Insecticides Act
1968
No article of food shall contain insecticides or pesticides residues, veterinary drugs residues, antibiotic residues, solvent residues, pharmacological active substances and micro-biological counts in excess of such tolerance limit as may be specified by regulations.
Section 21(1)
No insecticide shall be used directly on article of food except fumigants registered and approved under the Insecticides Act, 1968
Section 21(2)
Genetically modified foods, organic foods, functional foods, proprietary foods, etc u/s
22
the Drugs and Cosmetics Act,
1940
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
1985
Drugs and Cosmetics Rules,
1945
Genetically engineered or modified food means
food and food ingredients composed of or containing genetically modified or engineered organisms obtained through modern biotechnology, or food and food ingredients produced from but not containing genetically modified or engineered organisms obtained through modern biotechnology;
organic food‖ means
food products that have been produced in accordance with specified organic production standards;
Proprietary and novel food means
an article of food for which standards have not been specified but is not unsafe:
Packaging and labelling of foods provisions
Section 23
Restrictions of advertisement and prohibition as to unfair trade practices
Section 24
PROVISIONS RELATING TO IMPORT
Section 25
Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act,
1992
Responsibilities of the Food business operator
SECTION 26
