Lok Sabha Question No. 1676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-10
Subject: FSSAI
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1676 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH MARCH, 2017

## FSSAI

## 1676. SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) the suggestions/recommendations made by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of In (FSSAI) during the last three years;
- (b) the action taken by the Government on its recommendations;
- (c) the detail about number of its members and its way of function; and
- (d) the number of FSSAI offices functioning across the country presently?

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

- (a)& (b): The mandate of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been given in section 16 of the Food Safety Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 Recommendations/decisions of the FSSAI requiring approval of the Central Government, a primarily relating t o finalisation of regulations covering standards of food as also proced and guidelines for regulating food items. During last three years, FSSAI has notified regulations after approval of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- (c):  As  p er  section  5  of  the  FSS  Act,  the  Food  Authority  consist  of  a  Chairperson  and following twenty two members out of which one -third shall be women, namely: -
- (a) seven ex - officio members, not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government Indi a, to be appointed by the Central Government, to respectively represent the Mini or Departments of the Central Government dealing with - (i)Agriculture, (ii) Commerce, (iii) Consumer Affairs, (iv)Food Processing, (v) Health, (vi) Legislative Affairs, (vii) Small Scale Industries;
- (b)  two  representatives  from  the  food  industry  of  which  one  shall  be  from  small industries;

Contd……

(c) two representatives from consumer organizations;

(d) three eminent food technologists or scientists;

(e) five members to be appointed every three years, on rotation, one each in se from the Zones as specified in the First Schedule to represent the States and the territories;

(f) two persons to represent farmers' organizations;

- (g) one person to represent retailers' organizations.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the legal representative of the Food Authority also  the  Member - Secretary  of  the  Food  Authority.  Meetings  of  t he  F od  Authority  are  held regularly, wherein the propo sals relating to various aspects concerning food safety and standa are discussed and decisions taken. The meetings are held in accordance with the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Authority (Business Transaction) Regulations, 2010.

(d): FSSAI offices presently functioning across the country are as hereunder:

- (i) FSSAI Headquarter at New Delhi;
- (ii) Northern Regional Office at   New Delhi ;
- (iii) Western Regional Office at Mumbai;
- (iv) Southern  Regional  Office  at  Chennai  and  sub - regional  offices    at  Cochin and Tuticorin;
- (v) Eastern Regional Office at Kolkata;
- (vi) North - Eastern Regional Office at Guwahati;
- (vii) Food  Research  &  Standardisation  Laboratory  ,  Ghaziabad  and  extention  Lab  at Sonauli;
- (viii) Central Food Laboratory, Kolkata and Extension Lab at Raxaul.

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