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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | New Act soon to curb food adulteration

New Act soon to curb food adulteration

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published Published on May 13, 2011   modified Modified on May 13, 2011
-The Hindu
 
Delhi Health Minister A. K. Walia has said that the State Government would be enforcing the new Food Safety and Standard Act-2006 within the next three months, thereby ensuring heavy fine and punishment of up to life imprisonment for adulteration. Also, all food establishments would now be required to procure a licence and all shopkeepers will have to get themselves registered.

Speaking in the wake of the recent intensification of raids against adulteration, the Minister said the rules under the Act have been notified. With the enforcement of the new Act, he said, there will be severe penalties and punishment for food adulteration.

As per the new Act, Dr. Walia said all food business operators will have to get themselves registered or licensed with the Department of Prevention of Food Adulteration. Shopkeepers will also have to apply for registration whereas the other business establishment will have to get a licence. Under the new law, the punishment has been divided into two categories. In case of sub-standard, misbranded food and in case of misleading advertisement about the food products (not injurious to health), the cases will not go to court but a fine of up to Rs.10 lakh would be imposed.

But in case of unsafe foods, the punishment will be imprisonment up to seven years with a fine of up to Rs.10 lakh. In case of death caused due to adulterated food items, the maximum punishment will be life imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs.10 lakh.

The new Act will also have a provision for paying compensation for injury or death. In case of death, compensation will be up to Rs.5 lakh; in case of grievous injury up to Rs.3 lakh and in case of minor injury up to Rs.1 lakh. Subsequent offences would incur twice the punishment and for the petty manufacturers there would be provision of compounding of offences.

Dr. Walia said the other penalties would include a fine of up to Rs.1 lakh for unhygienic or unsanitary processing or manufacturing of food; Rs.2 lakh for selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded; up to Rs.3 lakh for misbranded food and up to Rs.5 lakh for sub-standard food.

Dr. Walia said the PFA Department was committed to overcoming the menace of food adulteration as it posed a major health hazard to the people.

He said during April this year, 264 food samples were lifted out of which 40 were found to be adulterated and four to be mis-branded whereas results of 43 samples were still awaited.

The Minister said of the samples, 32 were of spices, 31 of milk products, 22 each of pulses, cereals and milk, 18 of edible oil and 17 from eating establishments. Apart from this, 69 samples of miscellaneous food items were taken for testing.

The Hindu, 13 May, 2011, http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/13/stories/2011051364990400.htm


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