The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Act No. 34

23-Aug-2006

Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement

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 date1 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 refe rence to the coming into force of that provision.

Section 2 — Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union

2. Declaration as to expediency of control by the 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

3. Definitions .- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a)“adulterant” means any material which is or could be employed for making the food unsafe or sub -standard or mis -branded or containing extraneous matter;

(b)“advertisement” means any audio or visua l publicity, representation or pronouncement made by means of any light, sound, smoke, gas, print, electronic media, internet or website and includes through any notice, circular, label, wrapper, invoice or other documents;

(c)“Chairperson” means the Chai rperson of the Food Authority;

(d)“claim” means any representation which states, suggests, or implies that a food has particular qualities relating to its origin, nutritional properties, nature, processing, composition or otherwise;

(e)“Commissioner of F ood Safety” means the Commissioner of Food Safety appointed under

Section 30

section 30;

(f)“consumer” means persons and families purchasing and receiving food in order to meet their personal needs;

(g)“contaminant” means any substance, whether or not added to food , but which is present in

Section 1 — 15th October 2007 sections 4 to 10 (both inclusive), Sections 87, 88, 91 and 101 effective from 15th October 2007 vide Notification No.

1. 15th October 2007 sections 4 to 10 (both inclusive), Sections 87, 88, 91 and 101 effective from 15th October 2007 vide Notification No. S.O.1758(E) see Gazette of India, extraordinary Part II, sec 3( ii). 28th May, 2008 (ss. 3 and 30), vide notification No. S.O. 1246(E), dated 28th May, 2008, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3( ii). 28th August, 2008 ( s. 90), vide notification No. S.O. 2127(E), dated 28th August, 2008, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3( ii). 18th November, 2008 (ss. 16, 17, 18, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 92 and 93), vide notification No. S.O. 2678(E), dated 18th November, 2008, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3( ii). 9th March, 2009 (ss. 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15), vide notification No. S.O. 650(E), dated 9th March, 2009, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3( ii). 31st July, 2009 Section 36 to 47 effective vide Notification No. S.O 1868(E) dated 31st July, 2009, see Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II,

Section 3 — ( ii).

sec 3( ii). 29th June, 2009 Section 99 to be effective vide Notification No. S.O. 1575(E) dated 29th June, 2009, see Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, sec 3( ii). 29th July, 2010 Sections 19 to 21, Sections 23 to 29, Sections 31 to 35, Sections 48 to 80, Section 89, Section 94 to 98 and Section 100 to be effective vide Notification No. S.O. 1855(E) dated 29th July, 2010, see Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, sec 3( ii) 18th August, 2010 Section 22 [except in respect of matters relating to the genetically engineered or modified food as explain ed in clause ( 2) of the Explanation] to be effective vide Notification No. S.O. 2038(E) dated 18th August, 2010, see Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, sec 3(ii). 2nd November 2021, Clause ( 2) of Explanation of s ection 22, to be effective vide Notification No. S.O. 4601(E) dated 2nd November, 2021, see Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, sec 3( ii) 6 such food as a result of the production (including operations carried out in crop husbandry, animal husbandry or veterinary medicine), manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, packaging, transport or holding of su ch food or as a result of environmental contamination and does not include insect fragments, rodent hairs and other extraneous matter;

(h)“Designated Officer” means the officer appointed under section 36;