Lok Sabha Question No. 3334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-04
Subject: Violations of Food Safety and Standards Act
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, SATYA PAL SINGH, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, RAMA DEVI, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3334 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH AUGUST , 2017

## VIOLATIONS OF FOOD S AFETY AND STANDARDS ACT

## 3334. SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

DR. SATYAPAL SINGH:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

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

- (a) whether the cases of violations of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 by companies come to the notice of the Government in the country during each of the last three years current year, if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (b)  whet her  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India  (FSSAI)  have  monitored  an verified  that  the  food  business  operators  have  adhered  to  the  relevant  laws  and requirements at all stages of food business in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of food products/ beverages tested by the FSSAI in the country during th period, State/UTwise and Product - wise;
- (d) whether food adulteration and contamination has increased the burden -Communicable diseases across the country, if so, the details thereof;

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- (e) whether most of the food samples analysed in 2013 - 14 were adulterated resulting into civil and criminal cases and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the steps taken by the Government in this regard and the total expend iture incurred on the promotion and operation of FSSAI during the last three years and the current years?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a): Food samples are tested under the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 against standards prescribed for a particular food product. These tests are not done company wi sample wise. Food production company wise details are not maintained by the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

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- (b): Provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and Rules and Regulations thereund are  primarily  enforced  through  the  Food  Safety  Departments  of  the  State/Union  Terri Governments.
- (c): Sampling of food items is undertaken by the officials of Food Safety Departments of the respective States/UTs. As per information made available by States/UTs to FSSAI, numbers of samplesof  food  items,  including  beverages  analysed  during  2014 - 15,  2015 - 16 and  2016 - 17, State/UT wise, are at Annexure .
- (d): No such information is available either with FSSAI or the National Centre for Dis Control, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- (e): As per information made available by States/UTs to FSSAI, numbers of food samples analysed, found adulterated/misbranded, and cases launched during 2013 - 14 are as under: -
- (f): In cases, where the food samples were  found to be non - conforming, the State Food Departments have taken recourse to penal provisions under Chapter IX of the Food Safety Standards Act, 2006 such as launching civil and criminal  cases and also  adjudication pro per the gravity of the offe nce. The total expenditure incurred   by FSSAI during the last th years and the current year is as under :

| No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples found Misbranded   | No. of Cases L aunched   | No. of Cases L aunched   |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|                           | adulterated/                      | Criminal                 | Civil                    |
| 72,200                    | 13,571                            | 3105                     | 7130                     |

| Financial Year             |   Total Expenditure in Rupees (Crores) |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 2014- 15                   |                                  44.65 |
| 2015- 16                   |                                  45.51 |
| 2016- 17                   |                                  76.15 |
| 2017- 18 (till 31.07.2017) |                                  33.23 |

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## Annexure

| S.No.   | Name of the State/ U.T.   | No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples Analysed   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the State/ U.T.   | 2014- 15                  | 2015- 16                  | 2016- 17                  |
| 1.      | A & N Islands             | 16                        | 156                       |                           |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh            | 2788                      | 4860                      |                           |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh         | 258                       | 290                       | 302                       |
| 4.      | Assam                     | 595                       | 503                       | 526                       |
| 5.      | Bihar                     | 1320                      | 1447                      | 2427                      |
| 6.      | Chandigarh                | 102                       | 206                       | 251                       |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh              | 540                       | 1026                      | 1693                      |
| 8.      | Dadra & N.H               | 2                         | 65                        | 44                        |
| 9.      | Daman & Diu               | 65                        | 106                       |                           |
| 10.     | Delhi                     | 1484                      | 1472                      | 1152                      |
| 11.     | Goa                       | 800                       | 1155                      | 874                       |
| 12.     | Gujarat                   | 11700                     | 14891                     | 11329                     |
| 13.     | Haryana                   | 2261                      | 2063                      | 2033                      |
| 14.     | Himachal Pradesh          | 725                       | 390                       | 315                       |
| 15.     | Jammu & Kashmir           | 2462                      | 1215*                     |                           |
| 16.     | Jharkhand                 | 509                       |                           |                           |
| 17.     | Karnataka                 | 2107                      | 2340                      | 2837                      |
| 18.     | Kerala                    | 2735                      | 2196                      |                           |
| 19.     | Lakshadweep               |                           |                           |                           |
| 20.     | Madhya Pradesh            | 9131                      | 9994                      | 5461                      |
| 21.     | Maharashtra               | 6985                      | 8066                      |                           |
| 22.     | Manipur                   |                           | 67                        | 207                       |
| 23.     | Meghalaya                 | 34                        | 87                        | 43                        |
| 24.     | Mizoram                   |                           | 17                        | 20                        |
| 25.     | Nagaland                  | 83                        | 187                       |                           |
| 26.     | Odisha                    | 544                       | 211                       |                           |
| 27.     | Puducherry                | 1946                      | 827                       | 495                       |
| 28.     | Punjab                    | 7860                      |                           | 4054                      |
| 29.     | Rajasthan                 | 3031                      |                           | 4923                      |
| 30.     | Sikkim                    |                           | 5                         |                           |
| 31.     | Tamil Nadu                | 2873                      | 1783                      | 3022                      |
| 32.     | Telangana                 | 312                       |                           |                           |
| 33.     | Tripura                   | 933                       | 814                       | 173                       |
| 34.     | Uttar Pradesh             | 9605                      | 14833                     |                           |
| 35.     | Uttarakhand               | 1356                      | 1073                      | 676                       |
| 36.     | West Bengal               | 120                       | 154                       |                           |
| Total   | Total                     | 75282                     | 72499                     | 42857                     |

* Based on Half yearly report