3. KEY BENEFIT
CENTRAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SCIENTIFIC PANEL AND COMMITTEE
ENFORCEMENT OF SYSTEM
LIANCE
TYPE OF LIANCENCE
BENEFIT OF LIANCE
LIABILITY
PENALTY
4. OBJECTIVE
1. To consolidate lows relating to food.
2. To regulate the manifacture, storage, Distribution
and import for food product.
3. To established food safety and standard authority
of india for laying downdown science based
standard for food.
4. To ensure availability of safe and whole food for
human conzumption.
5. To facilitate safety food.
5. SCOPE
The Act covers activity throughout food
distribution chain from primary production
throughout distribution and retail catering.
These act gives the government power to make
regulations and matter of food safety.
The food safety and standard authority of india is
principal Government authority responsible
preparing specific regulation act.
6. HISTOR AND ESTABLISHEDMENT
1. FSSAI was established on 5th August 2008 under food
safety standard act 2006 which was operationalized
year 2006
2. It started work in 2011 .
3. Establishement of FSSAI by Central Government.
4. The authority also has 6 regional offices located in
Guwahati, Mumbai, Kolkata, Cochin, and Chennai.
5. The main head office is located in Delhi
6. The parent agency is Ministry of helth and family
welfare, Government of india.
10. FUNCTION
Framing of regulations to lay down food safety standards
Laying down guidelines for accreditation of laboratories for
food testing
Providing scientific advice and technical support to the Central
Government
Contributing to the development of international technical
standards in food
Collecting and collating data regarding food consumption,
contamination, emerging risks, etc.
Disseminating information and promoting awareness about
food safety and nutrition in India.
13. TERMS OF FSSAI
The chairman and the member other than
exofficial member shall hold office for term three
years from the date on which they enters upon
there office and shall be eligible for
reappointement for a period of three years.
Provided that the chairperson shall not hold office
as a such after he has age of sixty five years.
14. RESEARCH
FSSAI has set certain guidelines for food safety
research.
The Research and Development division is responsible
for research with the following objectives
1. Generate new knowledge that would help in
continuously updating and upgrading food safety
standards that are compatible with international
organizations
2. Carry out evidence-based studies for improving or
building Rules and regulations.
15. QUALITY ASSURANCE
FSSAI has been mandated to perform various functions
related to the quality and standards of food and drinks .
These functions in addition to others include "Laying
down procedure and guidelines for notification of the
accredited laboratories .
The FSSAI notified laboratories that are classified as:
1. FSSAI Notified NABL Accredited Labs - 112
2. State Labs - 72
3. Referral Labs - 14 [
16. STANDARD
The FSSAI has prescribed standards for the following:
Dairy products and analogues [30]
Fats, oils and fat emulsions
Fruits and vegetable products
Cereal and cereal products
Meat and meat products
Fish and fish products
Sweets & confectionery
17. Sweetening agents including honey
Salt, spices, condiments and related products
Beverages, (other than dairy and fruits &
vegetables based)
Other food product and ingredients
Proprietary food
Irradiation of food
Fortification of staple foods i.e. vegetable oil,
milk, salt, rice and wheat flour/maida.
18. REGULARLY FRAMEWORK
The FSS Act took 7 older acts into one umbrella.
1. Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
2. Fruit Products Order, 1955 [
3. Meat Food Products Order, 1973
4. Vegetable Oil Products (Control) Order, 1947
5. Edible Oils Packaging (Regulation) Order 1998
6. Solvent Extracted Oil, De- Oiled Meal and Edible
Flour (Control) Order, 1967
7. Milk and Milk Products Order, 1992.
19. KEY BENEFIT
Food safety management system
Riss Assessment
Communication
Product recall
Penalty for unhygienic processing
Guidelines for importedimported food
Good Hygienic Practice
Guideline for imported food
20. CENTRAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The food authority shall by notifications established to
the community know as Central Advisory Committee.
The Central Advisory Committee consist of two
member representative of industry and one is
chairperson.
TheThe chief executive officer shall be ex officio
Chairperson of Central Advisory Committee.
The Central Advisory Committee shall follow such
rules of procedure including transaction of business as
may be specified regulations.
21. The Central Advisory Committee shall advice Food
Authority on
the performance of of it's duties under this section
on the prioritization of work
identifying potential risks
The Central Advisory Committee shall meet
regularly at the invitation of Chairperson of Central
Advisory Committee or at request of at least one
third of it's members, and not less than three
times a year.
22. SCIENTIFIC PANEL AND
COMMITTEE
The food authority shall established scientific panel
which shall consist of independent scientific expert .
The scientific panel shall invite relavent industry and
conzumer representative in its deliberation.
The food authority shall constitute scientific
community which shall consist of Chairperson of the
Scientific Panel and six independent scientific expert
not beloging Or affidated to any of Scientific panel.
23. The Scientific Committee shall be responsible for the
providing the scientific opinion to the food authority and
shall have necessary of organizing public hearing.
The scientific community shall be responsible for the
general co-ordination necessary to ensure consistency of
the scientific opinion.
The scientific committee shall provide opinion on
multisectoral issue falling within competence of any
scientific panel.
Wherever necessary and particularly in case of subject
which do not fall within competence of any of scientific
panel, the scientific committee shall set up working group
and in such cases, it shall drow expertise of those working
group when establishing scientific opinion.
33. LIABILITY
The manifacture or packer of an article of food
shall be liable for such article of food shall be liable
for such article of food ifif it does not meet the
requirements of this act and the rules and
regulations made there under.
The wholesaler or distributor shall be lible under
this act for any article of food which is
a) Supplied after the date of it's expiry
b) Stored or supplied in violation of the safety
instructions of the manifacture.
34. c)unsafe or misbranded
d)unidentifiable of manifacture from whom the article of
food have been received.
e)stored or handled or kept in violation of the provision of
this act, the rules and regulation made thereunder.
f)receivedreceived by him with knowledge of being unsafe.
The seller shall be liable under this act for any article of
food which is
a) sold after date of it's expiry
b) handled or kept in unhygienic conditions
35. c) misbranded
d) unidentifiable of the manifacture or the
distrubutors from whom such article of food where
received
e) received by him with knowledge of being unsafe.