Lok Sabha Question No. 4028 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Adulteration
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4028 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH AUGUST, 2018

## ADULTERATION

## 4028. SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY: SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

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

- (a) whether all the samples collected to detect adulteration are not analysed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of samples collected to detect adulteration during the last three years, State - wise along with the number of samples out of these collected samples not analysed;
- (d) the reasons for not analysing all the said collected samples; and

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- (e) the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  to  (e):  The  enforcement  of  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Act  (FSS  Act),  2006,  Rules Regulations made thereunder primarily lies with the State/UT Government s. In all cases where food  samples  are  collected  for  regulatory  purposes,  the  samples  are  sent  to  respectiv Analysts  for  analysis  as  per  provisions  of  FSS  Act,  2006,  Rules  and  Regulations  m thereunder. In most of the cases, Food Analysts do analyz e these samples. However, in some cases where  Food Analysts find that the samples sent to them are not fit for analysis various reasons like improper storage, improper sealing, damaged during transit etc., the in  writing  to  the  concerned  Des ignated  Officer/Food  Safety  Officer  about  reasons  for  not analysing a particular food sample.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked Commissioners of Foo Safety  of  all  States/UTs  to  periodically  take  effective  steps  for  ensuring compliance  of  the prescribed  standards  of  food  items  for  making  available  safe  and  wholesome  food  to consumers.

Regular surveillance, inspection and sampling of food products are being done by Food Safety Officials in the States/UTs to check the c ompliance of the provisions of FSS Act, 2006, Rules and Regulations made thereunder.  The information on food samples received f States/UTs for the last three years are enclosed at Annexure - I, II and III respectively.

Source: States/UTs

## ANNEXURE -I

| Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2015-2016   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2015-2016   |
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| Sr. No                                                           | Name of the State/ U.T.                                          | Total No. of samples received                                    | No. of Samples Analysed                                          | No. of Samples found                                             | No. of Cases Launched                                            | No. of Cases Launched                                            | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                    | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                    |
|                                                                  | A &NIslands                                                      | 156                                                              | 156                                                              | non- confirming 25                                               | Criminal                                                         | Civil                                                            | Convictio ns 0                                                   | Penalties no./ Amount raised in Rupees Rs. 2,71,000              |
| 1. 2.                                                            |                                                                  |                                                                  | 4860                                                             |                                                                  | 0                                                                | 0                                                                |                                                                  |                                                                  |
|                                                                  | Pradesh                                                          |                                                                  | 290                                                              |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 52,15,000                                                        |
| 3.                                                               | Andhra Arunachal Pradesh Assam                                   | 4860 290                                                         |                                                                  | 870 30                                                           | 194 0                                                            | 347 28                                                           | 4 0                                                              | 83/ Rs. 5/ Rs. 15,000                                            |
| 4. 5.                                                            |                                                                  | 503                                                              | 503                                                              | 72 35                                                            | 10 0                                                             | 80 93                                                            | 2 0                                                              |                                                                  |
|                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 15                                                               |                                                                  |                                                                  | 0                                                                | 4 4/ RS. Rs.                                                     |
|                                                                  | Bihar                                                            | 2032                                                             | 1447 206 1026                                                    |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 20,000 10,52,000                                                 |
| 6.                                                               | Chandigarh                                                       | 206 1026                                                         |                                                                  | 298 5                                                            |                                                                  | 15                                                               |                                                                  | Rs. 85,000 0                                                     |
| 7.                                                               | Chhattisgarh Dadra &N.H Daman& Diu                               |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 3                                                                | 17                                                               | 0                                                                | 0                                                                |
| 8.                                                               | Delhi                                                            | 65                                                               | 65 106                                                           |                                                                  | 0 0                                                              | 2                                                                | 0                                                                |                                                                  |
| 9.                                                               |                                                                  | 106                                                              |                                                                  | 11 239                                                           | 149                                                              | 11 0                                                             | 0 0                                                              | Rs. 44,82,500                                                    |
| 10. 11. 12.                                                      |                                                                  | 1472                                                             | 1472                                                             |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |
|                                                                  | Goa Gujarat                                                      | 1132 15115                                                       | 1155 14891                                                       | 72 1242                                                          | 0 30                                                             | 4 507                                                            | 1 1                                                              | 1/ Rs. 5,000 182/ Rs. 1,90,05,906                                |
| 13.                                                              |                                                                  | 2121                                                             | 2063                                                             | 180                                                              | 7                                                                | 149                                                              | 0                                                                | 111/ Rs. 27,43,600 Rs. 9,50,000                                  |
| 14.                                                              | Haryana                                                          |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |
|                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh Jammu &Kashmir Karnataka                        | 415                                                              | 390                                                              | 53 334                                                           | 22 1                                                             | 12 335                                                           | 25 215                                                           | 22,14,400                                                        |
| 15.                                                              |                                                                  | 1354                                                             | 1215                                                             |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | Rs.                                                              |
| 16. 17.                                                          |                                                                  | 2894 2364                                                        | 2340 2196                                                        | 433 459                                                          | 138                                                              | 58 246                                                           | 0 17                                                             | Rs. 4,36,000 44 / Rs.                                            |
| 18.                                                              | Kerala Madhya Pradesh                                            | 10035                                                            | 9994                                                             | 1311                                                             | 82                                                               | 879                                                              | 36                                                               | 66,33,500 447/ Rs.                                               |
| 19.                                                              | Maharashtra                                                      | 8841                                                             | 8066                                                             | 2195                                                             | 190                                                              | 418                                                              | 24                                                               | 4,48,26,000 186/Rs. 59,16,053 8/ Rs. 1,64,000                    |
| 20.                                                              |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 0 4                                                              |                                                                  | 8 0                                                              | 8 0                                                              |                                                                  |
|                                                                  | Manipur Mizoram                                                  | 67 124 24                                                        | 67 87 17                                                         | 4                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0 0                                                              |
| 21. 22. 23.                                                      | Meghalaya Nagaland                                               |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 0 0                                                              | 32                                                               | 20                                                               |                                                                  |
|                                                                  |                                                                  | 187 211                                                          |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | Rs. 10,000                                                       |
|                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 187 211 827                                                      | 76                                                               |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 20/ 1                                                            |
| 24. 25.                                                          | Odisha Puducherry                                                |                                                                  |                                                                  | 61 11                                                            |                                                                  | 2 1                                                              | 0                                                                | Rs. 5,000                                                        |
|                                                                  |                                                                  | 827                                                              |                                                                  |                                                                  | 0                                                                |                                                                  |                                                                  | 1/                                                               |
| 26. 27.                                                          | Sikkim Tamil Nadu                                                | 5 1742                                                           | 5 1783                                                           | 0 607                                                            | 0 107                                                            | 0 308                                                            | 0 23                                                             | 0 202/ Rs. 58,90,800 Rs. 2,750                                   |
| 28. 29.                                                          | Tripura Uttar Pradesh                                            | 814 17726                                                        | 814 14833                                                        | 17 7189                                                          | 506                                                              | 5 4864                                                           | 0 164                                                            | 2370/ Rs. 11,51,20,480 Rs. 15,35,000                             |
| 30.                                                              | Uttarakhand Bengal                                               | 1073 154                                                         | 1073 154                                                         | 183 102                                                          | 10 1                                                             | 95 13                                                            | 0 0                                                              |                                                                  |
| 31.                                                              | West Total:                                                      | 77,941                                                           | 72,499                                                           | 16,133                                                           | 1,450                                                            | 8529                                                             | 540                                                              | 0 3,669/ Rs. 21,65,98,989                                        |

Source: States/UTs.

ANNEXURE - II

| Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2016-2017   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2016-2017   |
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| Sr. No                                                           | Name of the State/ U.T.                                          | Total No. of samples received                                    | No. of Samples Analysed                                          | No. of Samples found non-                                        | No. of Cases Launched                                            | No. of Cases Launched                                            | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                    | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                                    |
|                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | confirming                                                       | Criminal                                                         | Civil                                                            | Convictions                                                      | Penalties no./ Amount raised in Rupees 119/Rs.11107000           |
| 1.                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                   | 4687                                                             | 4687                                                             | 552                                                              | 153                                                              | 396                                                              | 8                                                                |                                                                  |
| 2.                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh Assam                                          | 302                                                              |                                                                  | 10                                                               |                                                                  | 8                                                                | 0                                                                | 12/Rs. 348400                                                    |
| 3.                                                               |                                                                  |                                                                  | 302 526 2427                                                     | 67 42                                                            | 1 3 3                                                            | 23 30                                                            | 0 6                                                              | 2/Rs. 30000 Rs. 73000                                            |
|                                                                  |                                                                  | 536 2507                                                         |                                                                  | 19                                                               | 2                                                                | 14                                                               |                                                                  | Rs.                                                              |
| 4.                                                               | Bihar                                                            |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 1                                                                | 300000                                                           |
| 5. 6.                                                            | Chandigarh                                                       | 251 1693                                                         | 251 1693                                                         |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |
|                                                                  | Chhattisgarh Dadra &N.H Delhi                                    |                                                                  |                                                                  | 425                                                              |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |
| 7. 8.                                                            |                                                                  | 44                                                               | 44                                                               | 3 120                                                            | 9                                                                | 3 98                                                             |                                                                  | 3741500                                                          |
|                                                                  |                                                                  | 1155                                                             | 1152                                                             |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 106                                                              | 68/Rs.                                                           |
| 9.                                                               | Goa Gujarat                                                      | 920                                                              | 874 11329                                                        | 111                                                              |                                                                  | 5                                                                | 1                                                                | 1/ Rs. 20000 Rs. 16681000                                        |
| 10.                                                              |                                                                  | 11364 2041 351                                                   |                                                                  | 839 188                                                          | 46                                                               | 513                                                              | 2                                                                | 2982170                                                          |
| 11. 12.                                                          | Haryana Himachal Pradesh                                         | 3320                                                             | 2033 315 2952                                                    |                                                                  | 18 24                                                            | 243                                                              | 14 23 1                                                          | 71/ Rs. Rs. 195000 320                                           |
| 13.                                                              | Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka                                        |                                                                  |                                                                  | 57 1114                                                          |                                                                  | 35 611                                                           |                                                                  |                                                                  |
|                                                                  |                                                                  | 2837 1899                                                        |                                                                  |                                                                  | 26 83                                                            | 112                                                              |                                                                  | 2195900                                                          |
| 14.                                                              |                                                                  |                                                                  | 2837 1784                                                        | 341 457                                                          |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 112/ Rs.                                                         |
| 15. 16.                                                          | Kerala Madhya Pradesh                                            |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 124 483                                                          | 15 26                                                            | 4/Rs. 375380                                                     |
| 17.                                                              | Maharashtra                                                      | 5675 10716                                                       | 5461 10030                                                       |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 0                                                                | 252/ Rs. 7427700 340/Rs 11080888                                 |
| 18.                                                              |                                                                  | 207                                                              | 207                                                              | 609 2529 30                                                      | 60 313 0                                                         |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |
|                                                                  | Manipur Meghalaya                                                |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 943                                                              | 0                                                                | 5/ Rs. 520000                                                    |
|                                                                  | Mizoram                                                          |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 30 0                                                             |                                                                  |                                                                  |
| 19.                                                              | Nagaland                                                         | 47                                                               | 43                                                               | 3                                                                |                                                                  | 0                                                                | 0 0                                                              |                                                                  |
| 20.                                                              |                                                                  | 26                                                               | 20 285 508                                                       | 2 42 75                                                          | 0 0 12                                                           | 52                                                               | 0                                                                |                                                                  |
| 21.                                                              |                                                                  | 285 508                                                          |                                                                  |                                                                  | 0                                                                |                                                                  |                                                                  | 0 2/Rs. 20000                                                    |
| 22.                                                              | Odisha                                                           |                                                                  |                                                                  | 32                                                               |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |
| 23. 24.                                                          | Puducherry Punjab                                                | 495 4431                                                         | 495 4054                                                         | 2240 1276                                                        | 56 193                                                           | 0 144 2 169                                                      | 0 0                                                              | Rs. 1410921                                                      |
| 25. 26.                                                          | Rajasthan Tamil                                                  | 5801 4080                                                        | 4923 3022                                                        | 970                                                              | 244                                                              | 617                                                              |                                                                  |                                                                  |
|                                                                  |                                                                  | 1480                                                             |                                                                  |                                                                  | 103                                                              |                                                                  | 109 15                                                           | 65/ Rs. 115557 442/ Rs. 7898500 17/Rs.504000                     |
|                                                                  | Nadu Telangana                                                   |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |
| 27.                                                              |                                                                  |                                                                  | 1480                                                             | 330                                                              |                                                                  | 85                                                               |                                                                  |                                                                  |
| 28. 29.                                                          | Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand                                | 173 19755                                                        | 173 13567                                                        | 12 5663                                                          | 0 375                                                            | 6 510 1 199                                                      | 0 1273                                                           | 2906/Rs.101962350 1004000                                        |
|                                                                  |                                                                  | 749                                                              | 676 190                                                          | 119 48                                                           | 3 11                                                             |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |
| 30.                                                              | Bengal                                                           |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 19/ Rs.                                                          |
| 31.                                                              | West Total:                                                      | 195 88,530                                                       | 78,340                                                           | 18,325                                                           | 13,080                                                           |                                                                  | 5 1605                                                           | Rs. 200000 4757/ Rs.17,01,93,266                                 |

Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for the year 2017-18

| Name of the State/U.T.   | Total No. of Samples Received   | No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples found Adulterated or Misbranded   | No. of Cases Launched   | No. of Cases Launched   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   | No. of Convictions / Penalties    |
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|                          |                                 |                           |                                                  | Criminal                | Civil                   | Convictions                      | Penalties no.                    | Penalties amount raised in Rupees |
| A & N Islands            | 234                             | 234                       | 49                                               | Nil                     | 285                     | Nil                              | 285                              | Rs.36,91,500                      |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 3882                            | 3881                      | 765                                              | 147                     | 282                     | 75                               | 121                              | Rs.49,11,500                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 270                             | 269                       | 09                                               | 04                      | 07                      | Nil                              | 09                               | Rs.75,500                         |
| Assam                    | 610                             | 610                       | 78                                               | 04                      | 39                      | Nil                              | 06                               | Rs.1,22,000                       |
| Bihar                    | 2412                            | 2248                      | 215                                              | 28                      | 122                     | -                                | -                                | -                                 |
| Chandigarh               | 376                             | 376                       | 25                                               |                         | 21                      |                                  | 04                               | Rs.2,25,000                       |
| Chhattisgarh             | 1564                            | 1564                      | 388                                              | 15                      | 81                      | 13                               | 30                               | Rs.1,71,004                       |
| Dadra & N.H              | 67                              | 67                        | 04                                               | 04                      | 04                      | -                                | -                                | -                                 |
| Daman & Diu              | 71                              | 71                        | 06                                               | 02                      | 02                      | Nil                              | Nil                              |                                   |
| Delhi                    | 1275                            | 1271                      | 120                                              | 127                     | 0                       | 39                               | -                                | Rs.2,68,98,000                    |
| Goa                      | 1310                            | 1268                      | 82                                               | 08                      | 08                      | 07                               | 07                               | Rs.7,05,000                       |
| Gujarat                  | 9828                            | 9576                      | 713                                              | 27                      | 481                     | 382                              | 382                              | Rs.2,59,82,503                    |
| Haryana                  | 2126                            | 2067                      | 380                                              | 33                      | 303                     | 08                               | 280                              | Rs.31,12,360                      |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 169                             | 164                       | 50                                               | 09                      | 08                      | 05                               | 43                               | Rs.9,81,000                       |
| Jharkhand                | 580                             | 580                       | 219                                              | -                       | -                       | -                                | -                                | -                                 |
| Karnataka                | 3257                            | 3257                      | 426                                              | 53                      | 236                     | -                                | 236                              | Rs.40,27,270                      |
| Kerala                   | 3943                            | 3783                      | 703                                              | 48                      | 332                     | 88                               | 147                              | Rs.39,89,880                      |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 7121                            | 6270                      | 904                                              | 27                      | 547                     | 10                               | 507                              | Rs.2,39,42,000                    |
| Maharashtra              | 9722                            | 9022                      | 1532                                             | 194                     | 589                     | 83                               | 141                              | Rs.17,34,500                      |
| Manipur                  | 830                             | 830                       | 295                                              | 09                      | 19                      | 00                               | 04                               | Rs.2,60,000                       |
| Meghalaya                | 36                              | 29                        | 03                                               | -                       | -                       | -                                | -                                | -                                 |
| Mizoram                  | 84                              | 84                        | 52                                               | Nil                     | Nil                     | Nil                              | 05                               | Nil                               |
| Nagaland                 | 310                             | 310                       | 69                                               | Nil                     | Nil                     | Nil                              | Nil                              | Nil                               |
| Odisha                   | 229                             | 229                       | 54                                               | 13                      | 77                      | Nil                              | Nil                              | Nil                               |
| Punjab                   | 11623                           | 11057                     | 3053                                             | 40                      | 1022                    | 22                               | 568                              | Rs.46,23,650                      |
| Rajasthan                | 3825                            | 3549                      | 1598                                             | 91 Nil                  | 171                     | 0                                | 108                              | Rs.7,83,000                       |
| Sikkim                   | 04                              | 04                        | Nil                                              |                         | Nil                     | Nil                              | Nil                              |                                   |
| Telangana                | 823                             | 823                       | 175                                              | 25                      | 15                      | 01                               | 20                               | Nil -                             |
| Tamil Nadu               | 6617                            | 7383                      | 2461                                             | 496                     | 825                     | 896                              | -                                | Rs.2,24,66,700                    |
| Tripura                  |                                 | 268                       |                                                  | -                       | -                       | -                                |                                  | -                                 |
|                          | 268                             |                           | 18                                               |                         |                         |                                  | -                                |                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 23576                           | 19063                     | 8375                                             | 102                     | 7232                    | 3237                             | 4219                             | Rs.12,91,85,500                   |
| Uttarakhand              | 1431                            | 1119                      | 329                                              | 1,506                   | -                       | - 4,888                          | - 22                             | - Rs.1,64,000                     |
| West Bengal Total        | 1326 1,02,955                   | 1228 95,710               | 120 23,270                                       | -                       | 12,694                  |                                  | 7,115                            | Rs.25,80,51,867                   |

Source: States/UTs.