Act Info:Preamble1 - FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS ACT, 2006
Chapter I
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union
Section3 - Definitions
Chapter II
Section4 - Establishment of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Section5 - Composition of Food Authority and qualifications for appointment of its Chairperson and other Members
Section6 - Selection Committee for selection of Chairperson and Members of Food Authority
Section7 - Term of office, salary, allowances and other conditions of service of Chairperson and Members of Food Authority
Section8 - Removal of Chairperson and Members of Food Authority
Section9 - Officers and other employees of Food Authority
Section10 - Functions of the Chief Executive Officer
Section11 - Central Advisory Committee
Section12 - Functions of Central Advisory Committee
Section13 - Scientific Panels
Section14 - Scientific Committee
Section15 - Procedure for Scientific Committee and Scientific Panel
Section16 - Duties and functions of Food Authority
Section17 - Proceedings of Food Authority
Chapter III
Section18 - General principles to be followed in administration of Act
Chapter IV
Section19 - Use of food additive or processing aid
Section20 - Contaminants, naturally occurring toxic substances, heavy metals, etc.
Section21 - Pesticides, veterinary drugs residues, antibiotic residues and microbiological counts
Section22 - Genetically modified foods, organic foods, functional foods, proprietary foods, etc.
Section23 - Packaging and labelling of foods
Section24 - Restrictions of advertisement and prohibition as to unfair trade practices
Chapter v
Section25 - All imports of articles of food to be subject to this Act
Chapter IV
Section26 - Responsibilities of the food business operator
Section27 - Liability of manufacturers, packers, wholesalers, distributors and sellers
Section28 - Food recall procedures
Section29 - Authorities responsible for enforcement of Act
Section30 - Commissioner of Food Safety of the State
Section31 - Licensing and registration of food business
Section32 - Improvement notices
Section33 - Prohibition orders
Section34 - Emergency prohibition notices and orders
Section35 - Notification of food poisoning
Section36 - Designated Officer
Section37 - Food Safety Officer
Section38 - Powers of Food Safety Officer
Section39 - Liability of Food Safety Officer in certain cases
Section40 - Purchaser may have food analysed
Section41 - Power of search, seizure, investigation, prosecution and procedure thereof
Section42 - Procedure for launching prosecution
Section43 - Recognition and accreditation of laboratories, research institutions and referral food laboratory
Section44 - Recognition of organisation or agency for food safety audit
Section45 - Food Analysts
Section46 - Functions of Food Analyst
Section47 - Sampling and analysis
Chapter IX
Section48 - General provisions relating to offences
Section49 - General provisions relating to penalty
Section50 - Penalty for selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded
Section51 - Penalty for sub-standard food
Section52 - Penalty for misbranded food
Section53 - Penalty for misleading advertisement
Section54 - Penalty for food containing extraneous matter
Section55 - Penalty for failure to comply with the directions of Food Safety Officer
Section56 - Penalty for unhygienic or unsanitary processing or manufacturing of food
Section57 - Penalty for possessing adulterant
Section58 - Penalty for contraventions for which no specific penalty is provided
Section59 - Punishment for unsafe food
Section60 - Punishment for interfering with seized items
Section61 - Punishment for false information
Section62 - Punishment for obstructing or impersonating a Food Safety Officer
Section63 - Punishment for carrying out a business without licence
Section64 - Punishment for subsequent offences
Section65 - Compensation in case of injury or death of consumer
Section66 - Offences by companies
Section67 - Penalty for contravention of provisions of this Act in case of import of articles of food to be in addition to penalties provided under any other Act
Chapter X
Section68 - Adjudication
Section69 - Power to compound offences
Section70 - Establishment of Food Safety Appellate Tribunal
Section71 - Procedure and powers of Tribunal
Section72 - Civil court not to have jurisdiction
Section73 - Power of court to try cases summarily
Section74 - Special courts and Public Prosecutor
Section75 - Power to transfer cases to regular courts
Section76 - Appeal
Section77 - Time limit for prosecutions
Section78 - Power of court to implead manufacturer, etc
Section79 - Magistrate's power to impose enhanced punishment
Section80 - Defences which may or may not be allowed in prosecution under this Act
Chapter XI
Section81 - Budget of Food Authority
Section82 - Finances of the Food Authority
Section83 - Accounts and audit of Food Authority
Section84 - Annual repot of Food Authority
Chapter XII
Section85 - Power of Central Government to issue directions to Food Authority and obtain reports and returns
Section86 - Power of Central Government to give directions to State Governments
Section87 - Members, officers of Food Authority and Commissioner of Food Safety to be public servants
Section88 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section89 - Overriding effect of this Act over all other food related laws
Section90 - Transfer of existing employees of Central Government Agencies governing various food related Acts or Orders to Food Authority
Section91 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section92 - Power of Food Authority to make regulations
Section93 - Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament
Section94 - Power of State Government to make rules
Section95 - Reward by State Government
Section96 - Recovery of penalty
Section97 - Repeal and savings
Section98 - Transitory provisions for food standards
Section99 - Milk and Milk Products Order, 1992 shall be deemed to be regulations made under this Act
Section100 - Amendments to the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992
Section101 - Power to remove difficulties
ScheduleI - FIRST SCHEDULE
ScheduleII - SECOND SCHEDULE
Amending Act1 - THE FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008