Lok Sabha Question No. 4251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: B. S. YEDDYURAPPA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4251 TO BE ANSWERED ON   11 TH AUGUST, 2017

## PREVENTION OF FOOD A DULTERATION RULES, 1955

## 4251. SHRI B.S. YEDIYURAPPA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the pesticide/insecticide and other banned substances have been found in soft/cold drinks in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the action taken against the manufacturers of such soft/cold drinks;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  issued certain  directions/guidelines  to  all  States/ UTs  and Central Government Food Laboratories to monitor the level of pesticides and take samples of carbonatedwater  and  water  used  in ma ufacturing  of carbonated  drinks  by  the  soft  drink companies  as  per  Prevention  of  Food Adulteration  (PFA)  Rules,  1955  and  if  so, the  details thereof; and
- (d) the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure the compliance of regulatio n/provision by cold/ soft drink manufacturers under PFA Rules, 1955?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) & (b): No separate data w.r.t. cases of presence of pesticide/insecticide and other banned substances  in  soft/ cold  drinks is  maintained  centrally  by  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards Authority  of  India  (FSSAI).  However,  as  per  the  information  made  available  by    State Governments to FSSAI, numbers of samples of food items including s oft/cold drinks, analysed, found not conforming to the prescribed standards and action taken during the year 2016 - 17 @ ,  are as under: -

| No. of samples analysed                               | 42857          |
|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| No. of samples found non conforming to the prescribed | standards 7515 |
| No. of criminal cases launched                        | 664            |
| No. of civil cases launched                           | 4030           |
| No. of convictions                                    | 288            |
| No. of cases of Penalties                             | 1049           |
| Amount raised by penalties (in rupees)                | 4,49,43,648    |

(c) & (d) : The Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006  has come into effect from 5 th August,  2011.  The  Prevention  of  Food  Adulteration  (PFA)  Rules,  1955  stood  repealed  wi commencement  of  theFSS  Act.FSSAI  takesup  the  issue  of  effective  implementation  and enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  FSS  Act,  Rules  and  regulations thereunder  with t he  State authorities  through  intermittent  communications  and  interactions  during  the  meetings  o Central Advisory Committee in which Commissioners of Food Safety of all States and UTs a represented. Regular surveillance, monitoring, inspection and ra ndom sampling of food products , including soft/cold  drinks,  are undertaken by the officials of Food Safety Departmen respective States/ UTs to check that they comply with the standards laid down under FSS and the rules and regulations ther eunder. In cases , where the food samples are found to be non -conforming,  recourse  is  taken  to  penal  provisions  under  Chapter  IX  of  the  Food  Safety Standards Act, 2006 .