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)
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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; (i)“extraneous matter” means any matter contained in an article of food which may be carried
from the raw materials, packaging materials or process systems used for its manufacture or which is
added to it, but such matter does not render such article of food unsafe; (j)“Food” means any substance, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, which is
intended for human consumption and includes primary food to the extent defined in clause ( zk),
genetically modified or engineered food or food containing such ingredients, infant food, package d
drinking water, alcoholic drink, chewing gum, and any substance, including water used into the food
during its manufacture, preparation or treatment but does not include any animal feed, live animals
unless they are prepared or processed for placing on t he market for human consumption, plants, prior
to harvesting, drugs and medicinal products, cosmetics, narcotic or psychotropic substances:
Provided that the Central Government may declare, by notification in the Official Gazette, any
other article as food for the purposes of this Act having regards to its use, nature, substance or
quality; (k)“food additive” means any substance not normally consumed as a food by itself or used as a
typical ingredient of the food, whether or not it has nutritive value, the intentional addition of which
to food for a technological (including organoleptic) purpose in the manufacture, processing,
preparation, treatment, packing, packaging, transport or holding of such food results, or may be
reasonably expected to result (dire ctly or indirectly), in it or its by -products becoming a component
of or otherwise affecting the characteristics of such food but does not include “contaminants” or
substances added to food for maintaining or improving nutritional qualities; (l)“Food Ana lyst” means an analyst appointed under section45; (m)“Food Authority” means the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India established under