FOOD SAFETY

STANDARD ACT 2006

BY
SHAILESH KHAIRNAR
PG/FT/088114
Objective of the New Act
The objective of the Act was to replace all the existing food
laws as below:
1. The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act . 1954( 37 of 1954)
2. The Fruit Product Order, 1955
3. The Meat Food Product Order , 1973
4. The Vegetable Oil Product (Control) Order, 1947
5. The Edible Oils Packaging ( Regulation) Order,1998
6. The Solvent Extracted Oil, De-oiled Meal, and Edible Flour
(Control) Order,1967
7. The Milk & Milk Product Order,1992
8. Any Other order issued under the Essential commodities
Act, 1955 (10 of 1955) relating to Food
Statement of object & reasons

1. Multiplicity of food laws & confusion

2. Need of FSSA 2006
3. Reviews of food laws of developed &
developing countries
4. Food safety & standards bill 2005
5. Incorporates PFA 1954,international
legislations, instrumentalities & CAC.
 Main Features
• Movement from multi level & multi departmental control
to integrated line of command

• Integrated response to strategic issues like novel /GMF,

international trade

• Licensing for manufacture of food products

• Single reference point for all matters relating to food

safety standards, regulations & enforcement
• Shift from mere regulatory regime to self compliance
through food safety management systems.

• Responsibilities for food business operator to ensure that

food processed ,manufactured, imported or distributed is
in compliance with domestic food laws

• Provision for graded penalties depending on the gravity

of offence & accordingly, civil penalties for offences &
punishment for serious violations.
 Food Safety and Standards Authority of
India
• Establishment
• Members : 23
• Central advisory committee
Ensure co- operation between food authority &
enforced organization
• Scientific committee:
Chair person & six scientist
 General principle of Food Safety
• Endeavour to achieve appropriate level of
consumer protection
• Carry out risk management
• Measures of risk assessment for health
protection
• Measures adopted on the basis of clauses shall
be proportional & no more restrictive
• In forming people about suspect of risk for
health by the commissioner of food safety
• If any food which fails to comply with food safety
requirements should rejected.
General provision for food articles
• Use of food additives & processing aids
• Contaminants & natural toxicants
• Pesticide, veterinary drugs residues,
antibiotic residues & microbiological count
• GMF, organic foods, functional foods,
proprietary foods etc.
• Packaging & labeling of foods
• Restriction of advertisements & prohibition
as to unfair trade practices
 Provision Related Import
• No person shall import to India
1. Any unsafe or misbranded or
substandard food or food containing
extraneous matter
2. License is required
3. Any article of food in contravention of
any other provision of this act or of any
rule or regulation made there under or
any act
 Special responsibilities as to Food
Safety

• Responsibilities of the food business operator

Ensure safety of food articles in accordance
with food safety act.
• Liabilities of manufactures, packers,
wholesalers, distributors & sellers
• Food recall procedure
 Enforcement of Act
• Authority responsible for enforcement of act
Food authority & state food authority are
responsible
• Commissioner of food safety of state
• Licensing & registration of food business
• Improvement notice
• Emergency prohibition notice & order.
• Notification of food poisoning
• Food safety officers.
 Analysis of Food

• Recognition & accreditation of laboratories,

research institutions & referral food laboratories
• Recognition of organization or agency for food
safety audit
• Food analyst
• Sampling & analysis of food
 Offences & penalties
• Substandard food,
• selling of food not of nature or quality demanded,
• misbrand,
• misleading advertisement,
• food containing extraneous matter,
• failure to comply with food safety standard,
• unhygienic or unsanitary processing or manufacturing,
• adulteration,
• unsafe food,
• false information,
• food business without licensing etc