Lok Sabha Question No. 212 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: Obesity among Children
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, B.N. CHANDRAPPA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 212 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND FEBRUARY, 2018

## OBESITY AMONG CHILDR EN

## 212. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is taking any measure to tackle obesity among young children and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it has come to the notice of the Gov ernment that there is a violation of regulations of food industry by some food companies, soft drink companies and agrochemical manufacturers;
- (c) if so, number of such incidents reported during each of the last three years in the country;
- (d) whether the  Government  has  taken any stringent actions against the agencies which have violated the rules; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a): To addres the issue of High Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) in food and associated hea risks, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) constituted an Expert that included eminent experts from the fields of medicine, nutrition and dietetics rep esenting well known medical research and academic institutions.  The Report of the Expert Group, its gist, has been uploaded on FSSAI website i.e. www.fssai.gov.in for the information of general public.  Further, to help consumers make an informed choice,  the FSSAI  has decided to its labelling regulations to include mandatory declaration of total fat, added sugar, sa and energy per serving alon g with its contribution to Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) on front of pack label. FSSAI has issued draft Guidelines titled 'Guidelines for making available wholesome, Nutritious, Safe and Hygienic Food to School Children in India'.

FSSAI has also unde rtaken initiatives to ensure delivery of safe, nutritious and he food  for  all  citizens  by  an  integrated  approach  through  its  Safe  and  Nutritious  Food campaign, covering home, school, work place and eating out. Under these initiatives, FSS bringing out different series of booklets/pamphlets/flyers for consumer education and awa and School teachers are being trained to promote healthy diets among school children. F has also created safe and nutritious food mascots - Master Sehat and Mi ss Sehat - superheroes who spread awareness among children.

(b) to (e): Responsibility for enforcement of provisions of Food Safety and Standards (FS Act, 2006 and Rules and Regulations made thereunder  primarily  rests  with the  State Territory G overnments. Cases of violation of these provisions by some Food Business Operato are  detected  by  Food  Safety  Officials  in  the  States/UTs  who  conduct  regular  surveil monitoring, inspection and sampling of food products to check the compliance of the provisions of the FSS Act and Rules and Regulations made thereunder .  In cases where the food samples are found to be non - conforming, recourse is taken to penal provisions under Chapter IX of the F Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Based on the informati on shared by the States/UTs with FSSAI, details of the samples collected, found non - conforming  and  action  taken  during  the  last  three years are at Annexure I, II and III.

| ANNEXURE - I   | ANNEXURE - I            | ANNEXURE - I                  | ANNEXURE - I            | ANNEXURE - I                                       | ANNEXURE - I                                       | ANNEXURE - I                                       | ANNEXURE - I                                       | ANNEXURE - I                                       |
|----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.        | Name of the State/ U.T. | Total No. of samples received | No. of Samples Analysed | No. of Samples found adulterated and               | Report for the year 2014-2015 No. of Cases         | Launched                                           | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                      | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                      |
|                |                         |                               |                         | Misbranded                                         | Criminal                                           | Civil                                              | Convictions                                        | Penalties/ Amount raised in Rupees                 |
| 1.             | A & N Islands           | 17                            | 16                      | 4                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 14/ Rs.4,55,000                                    |
| 2.             | Andhra Pradesh          | 2788                          | 2788                    | 290                                                | 338                                                | 78                                                 | 0                                                  | Rs.51,63,020                                       |
| 3.             | Arunachal Pradesh       | 292                           | 258                     | 29                                                 | 2                                                  | 14                                                 | 7                                                  |                                                    |
| 4.             | Assam                   | 595                           | 595                     | 74                                                 | 28                                                 | 32                                                 | 8                                                  | Rs. 70,000                                         |
| 5.             | Bihar                   | 1763                          | 1320                    | 7                                                  |                                                    | 16                                                 |                                                    | 5/ Rs. 38,000                                      |
| 6.             | Chandigarh              | 102                           | 102                     | 5                                                  | 5                                                  |                                                    |                                                    | Rs. 1,50,000                                       |
| 7.             | Chhattisgarh            | 540                           | 540                     | 195                                                | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 17                                                 |
| 8.             | Dadra & N.H             | 9                             | 2                       | Samples are analysed by Gujarat State Laboratory 3 | Samples are analysed by Gujarat State Laboratory 3 | Samples are analysed by Gujarat State Laboratory 3 | Samples are analysed by Gujarat State Laboratory 3 | Samples are analysed by Gujarat State Laboratory 3 |
| 9.             | Daman & Diu             | 65                            | 65                      |                                                    |                                                    | 3                                                  |                                                    | 3/ Rs.30,000                                       |
| 10.            | Delhi                   | 1484                          | 1484                    | 151                                                |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |
| 11.            | Goa                     | 798                           | 800                     | 81                                                 | 1                                                  | 4                                                  | 4                                                  | Rs. 4,35,000                                       |
| 12.            | Gujarat                 | 11981                         | 11700                   | 1243                                               | 37                                                 | 464                                                | 30                                                 | 178/Rs.56,13,50 0                                  |
| 13.            | Haryana                 | 2261                          | 2261                    | 222                                                | 14                                                 | 247                                                | 6                                                  | Rs.3459808                                         |
| 14.            | Himachal Pradesh        | 796                           | 725                     | 461                                                | 34                                                 | 42                                                 | 18                                                 | Rs.8,88,500                                        |
| 15.            | Jammu & Kashmir         | 2592                          | 2462                    | 621                                                | 17                                                 | 401                                                | 243                                                | Rs.19,76,600                                       |
| 16.            | Jharkhand               | 716                           | 509                     | 112                                                | 41                                                 | 24                                                 |                                                    |                                                    |
| 17.            | Karnataka               | 2154                          | 2107                    | 311                                                | 56                                                 |                                                    | 42                                                 |                                                    |
| 18.            | Kerala                  | 3085                          | 2735                    | 464                                                | 41                                                 | 161                                                | 0                                                  | 280/ Rs.72,39,700                                  |
| 19.            | Madhya Pradesh          | 9532                          | 9131                    | 1412                                               | 127                                                | 716                                                | 418                                                | 418/ Rs.43,28,000                                  |
| 20.            | Maharashtra             | 8663                          | 6985                    | 1162                                               | 869                                                | 1426                                               | 75                                                 | Rs.1,65,41,499                                     |
| 21.            | Meghalaya               | 47                            | 34                      | 4                                                  | 0                                                  | 4                                                  | 2                                                  | 1/ Rs.10,000                                       |
| 22.            | Nagaland                | 83                            | 83                      | 11                                                 | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 23.            | Odisha                  | 544                           | 544                     | 112                                                | 0                                                  | 1                                                  |                                                    | 1                                                  |
| 24.            | Puducherry              | 1946                          | 1946                    | 39                                                 | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 25.            | Punjab                  | 8053                          | 7860                    | 1458                                               | 846                                                |                                                    | 82                                                 |                                                    |
| 26.            | Rajasthan               | 3132                          | 3031                    | 747                                                | 158                                                | 222                                                | 116                                                | Rs. 8,45,500                                       |
| 27. 28.        | Tamil Nadu              | 2939 363                      | 2873 312                | 1047 32                                            | 64 4                                               | 486 24                                             | 203 11                                             | Rs.34,99,700 10/                                   |
|                | Telangana               |                               |                         |                                                    | 0                                                  |                                                    |                                                    | Rs.17,57,100                                       |
| 29.            | Tripura                 | 933                           | 933                     | 2                                                  |                                                    | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 30.            | Uttar Pradesh           | 14173                         | 9605                    | 4119                                               |                                                    | 3489                                               | 186                                                | 1738/ Rs.5,98,08,106                               |
| 31.            | Uttarakhand             | 1971                          | 1356                    | 233                                                | 5                                                  | 117                                                | 0                                                  | 80/Rs.5,06,489                                     |
| 32.            | West Bengal             | 120                           | 120                     | 65                                                 | 0                                                  | 17                                                 | 0                                                  | 1/Rs. 30,000                                       |
|                | Total:                  | 84537                         | 75282                   | 14716                                              | 2687                                               | 7988                                               | 1402                                               | 2795/ Rs.11,28,45,522                              |

Source: States/UTs

| ANNEXURE - II   | ANNEXURE - II                           | ANNEXURE - II                 | ANNEXURE - II                             | ANNEXURE - II                                                     | ANNEXURE - II                                | ANNEXURE - II                                | ANNEXURE - II                 | ANNEXURE - II                                   |
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No          | Name of the State/ U.T.                 | Total No. of samples received | Public Laboratory No. of Samples Analysed | Testing Report No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded 25 | for the year 2015-2016 No. of Cases Launched | for the year 2015-2016 No. of Cases Launched | No. of Convictions/ Penalties | No. of Convictions/ Penalties                   |
| Sr. No          | Name of the State/ U.T.                 | Total No. of samples received | Public Laboratory No. of Samples Analysed | Testing Report No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded 25 | Criminal                                     | Civil                                        | Convictio ns                  | Penalties/ Amount raised in Rupees Rs. 2,71,000 |
| 1.              | A &NIslands                             | 156                           | 156 290                                   | 870 30                                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                             |                                                 |
| 2. 3.           | Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam  | 4860 290                      | 4860                                      |                                                                   | 194 0                                        | 347 28                                       | 4 0                           | 83/ Rs. 52,15,000 5/ Rs. 15,000 4               |
|                 |                                         |                               | 503                                       |                                                                   | 10 0                                         | 80 93                                        | 2 0                           |                                                 |
| 4.              |                                         | 503                           |                                           | 72 35 15                                                          |                                              |                                              |                               | 4/ RS. 20,000 Rs. 10,52,000                     |
| 5.              | Bihar                                   | 2032 206 1026                 | 1447 206 1026                             | 298                                                               |                                              | 15                                           |                               | Rs. 85,000                                      |
| 6.              | Chandigarh Chhattisgarh &N.H            |                               |                                           |                                                                   |                                              |                                              | 0                             | 0                                               |
| 7.              | Dadra Daman& Diu                        | 65                            |                                           |                                                                   | 3 0 0                                        | 17 2 11                                      | 0                             | 0                                               |
| 8.              | Delhi                                   |                               | 65 106                                    |                                                                   |                                              |                                              | 0 0 0                         |                                                 |
| 9.              |                                         | 106                           |                                           | 5 11 239                                                          |                                              | 0                                            |                               |                                                 |
| 10.             |                                         | 1472                          | 1472                                      |                                                                   | 149                                          |                                              |                               | Rs. 44,82,500                                   |
| 11. 12.         | 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                 |
|                 | Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu &Kashmir | 415                           | 390                                       |                                                                   | 22 1                                         | 12 335                                       |                               | Rs.                                             |
| 14.             | Karnataka                               |                               |                                           | 53                                                                |                                              |                                              | 25 215                        | 22,14,400                                       |
| 15.             |                                         | 1354 2894 2364                | 1215                                      | 334 433 459                                                       |                                              |                                              |                               |                                                 |
| 16. 17.         |                                         |                               | 2340 2196                                 |                                                                   | 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. 4,48,26,000                  |
| 19.             | Maharashtra Manipur                     | 8841                          | 8066                                      | 2195                                                              | 190                                          | 418                                          | 24                            | 186/Rs. 59,16,053 8/ Rs.                        |
| 20. 21.         |                                         |                               |                                           | 0 4                                                               |                                              |                                              | 8 0                           | 1,64,000                                        |
|                 | Meghalaya                               | 67 124 24                     | 67 87 17                                  | 4                                                                 | 0 0 0                                        | 8                                            | 0                             |                                                 |
|                 | Nagaland                                |                               |                                           |                                                                   |                                              | 0                                            |                               | 0 0                                             |
| 22. 23. 24.     | Mizoram                                 |                               |                                           |                                                                   |                                              | 0                                            | 20                            | Rs. 10,000                                      |
|                 |                                         | 187 211 827                   | 187                                       | 76 61 11                                                          |                                              | 32                                           |                               | 20/ 1 1/                                        |
|                 | Odisha Puducherry                       |                               | 211 827                                   |                                                                   | 0                                            | 2 1                                          | 0                             | Rs. 5,000                                       |
| 25.             |                                         |                               |                                           |                                                                   |                                              |                                              |                               |                                                 |
| 26. 27.         | Sikkim Tamil Nadu                       | 5 1742                        | 5 1783                                    | 0 607                                                             | 0 107                                        | 0 308                                        | 0 23                          | 0 202/ Rs. 58,90,800                            |
| 28. 29.         | Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand       | 814 17726                     | 814 14833                                 | 17 7189                                                           | 506                                          | 5 4864                                       | 0 164                         | Rs. 2,750 2370/ Rs. 11,51,20,480 Rs. 15,35,000  |
| 30.             | 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/UT

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

Total

Source: States/UTs,

Rs. 17,01,93,266