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Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Chapter II

Title: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....matters. Section 16 - Duties and functions of Food Authority (1) It shall be the duty of the Food Authority to regulate and monitor the manufacture, processing, distribution, sale and import of food so as to ensure safe and wholesome food. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Food Authority may by regulations specify-- (a) the standards and guidelines in relation to articles of food and specifying an appropriate system for enforcing various standards notified under this Act; (b) the limits for use of food additives, crop contaminants, pesticide residues, residues of veterinary drugs, heavy metals, processing aids, myco-toxins, antibiotics and pharmacological active substances and irradiation of food; (c) the mechanisms and guidelines for accreditation of certification bodies engaged in certification of food safety management systems for food businesses; (d) the procedure and the enforcement of quality control in relation to any article of food imported into India; (e) the procedure and guidelines for accreditation of laboratories and notification of the accredited laboratories; (f) the method of sampling, analysis and exchange of.....

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Section 5

Title: Composition of Food Authority and Qualifications for Appointment of Its Chairperson and Other Members

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....position of not below the rank of Secretary to the Government of India. 1[(4) The Chairperson and the Members including part-time Members other than the ex officio Members of the Food Authority may be appointed by the Central Government on the recommendations of the Selection Committee. (5) The Chairperson of the Food Authority shall not hold any other office.] _______________________________________ 1. Substituted by the Food Safety and Standards (Amendment) Act, 2008 w.e.f. 7th day of February, 2008 for the following :- "(4) The Chairperson and the Members other than ex officio Members of the Food Authority shall be appointed by the Central Government on the recommendations of the Selection Committee. (5) The Chairperson or Members other than ex officio Members of the Food Authority shall not hold any other office."

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....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. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the food safety and standards act, 2006. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. Section 2: Declration as to expediency of control by Union It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the Union should take under its control the food industry. Section 3: Definitions (1) In this act, unless the context.....