Prevention of food adulteration Rules 1955

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Prevention of food adulteration Rules 1955-indianbureaucracy

Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste  As per the information made available by  State/UT Governments to FSSAI, numbers of samples of food items including soft/cold drinks, analysed, found not conforming to the prescribed standards and action taken during the year 2016-17@,  are as under:-

No. of samples analysed 42857
No. of samples found non conforming to the prescribed standards 7515
No. of criminal cases launched 664
No. of civil cases launched 4030
No. of convictions 288
No. of cases of Penalties 1049
Amount raised by penalties (in rupees) 4,49,43,648

 

@ information not received from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Daman & Diu, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

The Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006  has come into effect from 5th August, 2011. The Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Rules, 1955 stood repealed with commencement of theFSS Act. FSSAI takes up the issue of effective implementation and enforcement of the provisions of FSS Act, Rules and regulations thereunder with the State authorities through intermittent communications and interactions during the meetings of the Central Advisory Committee in which Commissioners of Food Safety of all States and UTs are represented. Regular surveillance, monitoring, inspection and random sampling of food products , including soft/cold  drinks,  are undertaken by the officials of Food Safety Departments of the respective States/ UTs to check that they comply with the standards laid down under FSS Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder. In cases, where the food samples are found to be non-conforming, recourse is taken to penal provisions under Chapter IX of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

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