Lok Sabha Question No. 2203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-28
Subject: Mobile Food Testing Labs
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, PARASURAMAN K.

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2203 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JULY, 2017

## MOBILE FOOD TESTING LABS

## 2203. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware that  alloxan  chemicals  are  used  in  the manufacture  of refined flour and it leads to diabetic and heart related disease and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether a study has been conducted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to examinethe contents of food items sold in the restaurants and streets, if so, the details thereof;

(c) the action taken by the Government in this regard;

(d)whether the Government has set up mobile food testing laboratories under FSSAI across the country  and  if  so,  the details  thereof  along  with  the  scope  and testi g  process  in  such laboratories; and

(e) the States where such mobile food labs are proposed to be set up in the country including Maharashtra ?

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

(a): Alloxanis not permitted for use in refined flour as per the Food Safety and Stan (Food  Products  Standards  and  Food  Additives  )  Regulations,  2011  as  amended  from  time time .

(b) & (c): The  implementation  and  enforcement  of  food  standards  prescribed  for various articles  of  food  under  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Act,  2006  and  rules  and  regula thereunder,  is  primarily  the  responsibility  of  the  State/Union  Territory  Governments. Regular surveillance, monitoring, inspection and random sampling of food products are undertaken by the officials of Food Safety Departments of the respective States/ UTs to check that they with  the  standards  laid  down  under  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Act,  2006 and  rules  and regulations  thereunder, In  cases,    where  the  f ood  samples  are  found  to  be  non - conforming, recourse is taken to penal provisions under Chapter IX of the Food Safety and Standards 2006.

(d): No.

(e): State - wise details (including Maharashtra) of Mobile Food Testing laboratories propo to  be  set  up,  subject  to  readiness  of  the  States/UTs,  under  the  'Strengthening  of  Food  Testing System in the Country Including Provision of Mobile Food Testing Labs' Sc heme rolled out by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) with an outlay of Rs. 481.95 Cro the period from 2016 - 17 to 2018 - 19, are given at Annexure .

## Number of mobile laboratory proposed in states/UT

|   S. No. | State/UT                  |   No. of Mobile Food Labs proposed |
|----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh            |                                  1 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                  1 |
|        3 | Assam                     |                                  2 |
|        4 | Bihar                     |                                  2 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh              |                                  2 |
|        6 | Goa                       |                                  1 |
|        7 | Gujarat                   |                                  2 |
|        8 | Haryana                   |                                  2 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh          |                                  2 |
|       10 | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                  3 |
|       11 | Jharkhand                 |                                  2 |
|       12 | Karnataka                 |                                  2 |
|       13 | Kerala                    |                                  1 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh            |                                  3 |
|       15 | Maharashtra               |                                  2 |
|       16 | Manipur                   |                                  2 |
|       17 | Meghalaya                 |                                  2 |
|       18 | Mizoram                   |                                  2 |
|       19 | Nagaland                  |                                  2 |
|       20 | Odisha                    |                                  2 |
|       21 | Punjab                    |                                  2 |
|       22 | Rajasthan                 |                                  2 |
|       23 | Sikkim                    |                                  1 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu                |                                  2 |
|       25 | Telangana                 |                                  1 |
|       26 | Tripura                   |                                  2 |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh             |                                  4 |
|       28 | Uttarakhand               |                                  1 |
|       29 | West Bengal               |                                  1 |
|       30 | GNCT Delhi                |                                  3 |
|       31 | Puducherry                |                                  1 |
|       32 | Chandigarh                |                                  1 |
|       33 | Andaman & Nicobar         |                                  1 |
|       34 | Lakshadweep               |                                  1 |
|       35 | Daman & Diu               |                                  1 |
|       36 | Dadar& Nagar Haveli Total |                                 62 |