Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Bare Act · 2006

An Act to consolidate the laws relating to food and to establish the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

In the syllabus of: Andhra Pradesh APO · CG APO · Jharkhand APO · Kerala Civil Judge · MP APO · Odisha APO · Tamil Nadu APO · Telangana APO

Act number: 34 of 2006
Enacted: 23 August 2006
Contents: 101 sections · 12 chapters

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Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II — Food Safetyand Standards Authority Of India

Chapter III — General Principles Of Food Safety

Section 18 – General principles to be followed in administration of Act (preview)

Chapter IV — General Provisions As To Articles Of Food

Chapter V — Provisions Relating To Import

Section 25 – All imports of articles of food to be subject to this Act (preview)

Chapter VI — Special Responsibilities As To Food Safety

Chapter VII — Enforcement Of The Act

Section 29 – Authorities responsible for enforcement of Act (preview)
Section 30 – Commissioner of Food Safety of the State (preview)
Section 31 – Licensing and registration of food business (preview)
Section 32 – Improvement notices (preview)
Section 33 – Prohibition orders (preview)
Section 34 – Emergency prohibition notices and orders (preview)
Section 35 – Notification of food poisoning (preview)
Section 36 – Designated Officer (preview)
Section 37 – Food Safety Officer (preview)
Section 38 – Powers of Food Safety Officer (preview)
Section 39 – Liability of Food Safety Officer in certain cases (preview)
Section 40 – Purchaser may have food analysed (preview)
Section 41 – Power of search, seizure, investigation, prosecution and procedure thereof (preview)
Section 42 – Procedure for launching prosecution (preview)

Chapter VIII — Analysis Of Food

Section 43 – Recognition and accreditation of laboratories, research institutions and referral food laboratory (preview)
Section 44 – Recognition of organisation or agency for food safety audit (preview)
Section 45 – Food Analysts (preview)
Section 46 – Functions of Food Analyst (preview)
Section 47 – Sampling and analysis (preview)

Chapter IX — Offences And Penalties

Chapter X — Adjudication And Food Safety Appellate Tribunal

Section 68 – Adjudication (preview)
Section 69 – Power to compound offences (preview)
Section 70 – Establishment of Food Safety Appellate Tribunal (preview)
Section 71 – Procedure and powers of the Tribunal (preview)
Section 72 – Civil court not to have jurisdiction (preview)
Section 73 – Power of court to try cases summarily (preview)
Section 74 – Special courts and Public Prosecutor (preview)
Section 75 – Power to transfer cases to regular courts (preview)
Section 76 – Appeal (preview)
Section 77 – Time limit for prosecutions (preview)
Section 78 – Power of court to implead manufacturer, etc (preview)
Section 79 – Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced punishment (preview)
Section 80 – Defences which may or may not be allowed in prosecution under this Act (preview)

Chapter XI — Finance, Accounts, Audit And Reports

Section 81 – Budget of Food Authority (preview)
Section 82 – Finances of the Food Authority (preview)
Section 83 – Accounts and audit of Food Authority (preview)
Section 84 – Annual report of Food Authority (preview)