Lok Sabha Question No. 4284 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Cases Registered under Prevention of Food Adulteration Act
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Pashupati Nath Singh, Annpurna Devi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4284 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## CASES REGISTERED UND ER PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION AC T

## 4284. SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH: SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI:

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

- (a) whether the provisions of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 are not being complied with strictly which has led to the rise in such crimes in violation of the said Act;
- (b) the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the number of cases registered under the said Act during the last three years, State/UT -wise; and
- (d) the number and details of persons punished under the provisions of the said Act during the said period, State/UT - wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 has been repealed with effe from  5 th August,  2011.  Cases  of  food  adulteration  are  now  being  regulated  under  Foo Safety  and  Standards  (FSS)  Act,  2006  by  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  Ind (FSSAI). Under the FSS Act, 2006, States/UTs are primarily responsible for enforcemen theFSS Act and Rules and Regulations made thereunder. Regular surveillance, sampling a inspection is carried out by the food safety officials of States/UTs and wherever a -conformance is observed, appropriate  penal action is taken.

As  per  reports/ data  received  from  States/UTs,  the  relevant  details  of  food  sampl analysed, found non -conforming and action taken against defaulting Food Business Operators for years 2016 - 17, 2017 -18 and 2018 - 19 are at Annexure I, II and III respectively.

Annexure-I

## State-wise details of Samples analysed, found non-conforming and penal action taken for the year 2016-17

| Sr. No      | Nameof the State/ U.T.             | No. of Samples Analyse   | No. of Samples found non-   | No. of Cases Launched   | No. of Cases Launched   | No. of Convictions/ Penalties   | No. of Convictions/ Penalties   | No. of Convictions/ Penalties    |
|-------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1.          |                                    | d                        | conforming                  | Criminal                | Civil                   | Convictio ns                    | No. of Penaltie s 119           | Amount raised in Rupees 11107000 |
|             | Andhra Pradesh                     | 4687                     | 552                         | 153                     | 396                     | 8                               |                                 |                                  |
| 2.          | Arunachal Pradesh Assam            | 302                      | 10                          | 1                       | 8                       | 0                               | 12                              | 348400                           |
| 3. 4.       |                                    | 526                      | 67 42                       | 3 3                     | 23 30                   | 0 6                             | 02                              | 30000 73000                      |
|             |                                    | 2427                     | 19                          | 2                       | 14                      | 1                               |                                 |                                  |
| 5. 6.       | Bihar                              |                          |                             |                         |                         |                                 |                                 | 300000                           |
|             | Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra &N.H | 251                      | 425                         |                         |                         |                                 |                                 |                                  |
|             | Delhi                              | 1693                     | 3                           | 0                       | 0 3                     | 0                               | 0                               | 0 0                              |
| 7.          |                                    | 44                       |                             | 0 9 0                   |                         | 0 106                           | 0                               | 3741500                          |
| 8.          |                                    | 1152                     | 120                         | 46                      | 98                      | 1 2                             | 68                              | 20000                            |
| 9. 10.      | Goa Gujarat                        | 874 11329 2033           | 111 839 188                 |                         | 5                       |                                 | 01                              |                                  |
|             |                                    |                          |                             |                         | 513                     | 14                              |                                 | 16681000                         |
| 11. 12.     | Haryana Himachal                   |                          |                             | 18 243 35 24            |                         | 23                              | 71 0                            | 2982170 195000                   |
| 13.         | Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka  | 315 2952                 | 57 1114                     |                         | 611                     | 1                               |                                 | 320                              |
| 14.         |                                    | 2837 1784                | 341 457                     |                         |                         |                                 | 112                             |                                  |
|             |                                    |                          |                             | 26 83                   | 112 124                 | 0 15                            |                                 | 2195900                          |
| 15. 16.     | Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra  |                          | 609                         | 60                      | 483 943                 | 26                              | 04 252 340                      | 375380 7427700                   |
|             | Manipur                            | 5461 10030 207           | 2529 30                     | 313                     | 30                      |                                 | 05                              | 11080888 520000                  |
| 17.         | Meghalaya                          | 43                       |                             | 0 0                     | 0                       | 0                               | 0                               |                                  |
| 18. 19. 20. |                                    |                          | 3 2                         |                         | 0                       | 0                               |                                 |                                  |
|             | Mizoram Nagaland                   |                          |                             |                         | 0                       | 0 0 0                           |                                 | 0                                |
| 21. 22.     |                                    | 20                       |                             | 0 0                     |                         | 0                               | 0                               | 0 0                              |
| 23.         |                                    | 285                      | 42                          |                         | 52                      | 0                               | 0                               | 20000                            |
|             | Odisha Puducherry Punjab           | 508                      | 75                          | 12 56                   |                         | 0                               | 02                              |                                  |
| 24. 25.     |                                    | 495 4054 4923            | 32 2240 1276                | 0                       | 0 1442 169              |                                 |                                 | 1410921 115557                   |
|             | Rajasthan Tamil                    | 3022                     | 970                         |                         |                         |                                 | 0                               | 7898500                          |
|             | Nadu Telangana                     | 1480                     |                             | 193 244 103             | 617                     | 0 109 15                        | 65 442                          | 504000                           |
| 26. 27.     |                                    |                          |                             |                         | 85                      |                                 | 17                              |                                  |
|             |                                    |                          | 330                         |                         |                         |                                 |                                 |                                  |
| 28. 29.     | Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand  | 173 13567                | 12 5663                     | 0 375                   | 6 5101                  | 0 1273                          | 2906                            | 0 101962350                      |
|             |                                    |                          |                             | 3                       | 199                     |                                 |                                 |                                  |
| 30.         | West Bengal                        | 676 190                  | 119                         |                         |                         |                                 | 19                              | 1004000                          |
| 31.         | Total:                             | 78,340                   | 48 18,325                   | 11 13,080               | 11 13,080               | 5 1605                          | 4437                            | 200000 17,01,93,586              |

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Source: States/UTs

Annexure-II State-wise details of Samples analysed, found non-conforming and  penal action taken for the year  2017-18

| S.No.       | Nameof the State/U.T.                  | No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples found non- conforming   | 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 |
| 1. 2.       | A &NIslands                            | 234                       | 49                                     | Nil                     | 285                     | Nil                              | 285                              | 36,91,500                         |
|             | Andhra Pradesh                         | 3881                      | 765                                    | 147                     | 282                     | 75                               | 121                              | 49,11,500                         |
| 3. 4.       | Arunachal Pradesh Assam                | 269 610                   | 09 78                                  | 04 04                   | 07 39                   |                                  |                                  | 75,500 1,22,000                   |
| 5.          |                                        | 2248                      | 215                                    | 28                      | 122                     | Nil Nil -                        | 09 06 -                          | -                                 |
|             |                                        | 376                       | 25                                     |                         |                         | -                                |                                  |                                   |
|             | Bihar                                  | 1564                      |                                        |                         |                         |                                  |                                  |                                   |
| 6. 7.       | Chandigarh                             |                           | 388                                    | - 15                    | 21                      |                                  | 04 30 -                          | 2,25,000 1,71,004                 |
|             | Chhattisgarh                           | 67 71                     |                                        |                         | 81                      | 13                               | Nil                              |                                   |
| 8. 9.       | Dadra &N.H Daman &Diu Delhi            |                           | 04 06 120                              | 04 02 0                 | 04 02 0                 | - Nil 39                         | -                                | - -                               |
|             |                                        |                           |                                        | 127 08                  |                         | 07                               |                                  | 2,68,98,000 7,05,000              |
| 10. 11.     |                                        | 1271                      | 82                                     |                         |                         |                                  |                                  | 2,59,82,503                       |
|             | Goa                                    | 1268                      |                                        |                         |                         | 382 08                           | -                                |                                   |
| 12. 13.     | Gujarat                                | 9576 2067                 | 713 380                                | 27 33                   | 481 303                 |                                  | 382                              |                                   |
|             | Haryana                                |                           |                                        |                         |                         |                                  | 280                              | 31,12,360                         |
| 14. 15.     | Himachal Pradesh Jammu &Kashmir        | 164 3643                  | 50 992                                 | 09 -                    | 08 921                  | 05 310                           | 43 512                           | 9,81,000 54,89,200                |
|             |                                        |                           |                                        | -                       |                         | -                                | - 236                            | -                                 |
| 16.         | Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala             | 580 3257 3783             | 219                                    |                         | - 236 332               |                                  |                                  | 40,27,270 39,89,880               |
| 17. 18.     |                                        |                           | 426 703                                | 53 48                   |                         | - 88                             | 147                              |                                   |
| 19.         |                                        |                           | Nil 904                                |                         |                         | Nil                              |                                  |                                   |
|             | Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra | Nil                       |                                        | 27                      |                         |                                  | 507 141                          | 2,39,42,000 17,34,500             |
| 20.         | Manipur                                | 6270 9022                 | 1532                                   |                         | 547 589 19              | 10 83 00                         | 04                               |                                   |
| 21.         |                                        | 830 29                    | 295                                    | 194 09 -                | -                       |                                  |                                  | 2,60,000                          |
| 22.         | Meghalaya Mizoram                      |                           |                                        | Nil                     |                         | -                                |                                  |                                   |
| 23.         |                                        | 84 310                    | 03 52 69                               |                         |                         |                                  | -                                | -                                 |
| 24. 25. 26. | Nagaland                               |                           |                                        | Nil                     | Nil Nil                 | Nil Nil Nil                      | 05                               | Nil Nil                           |
|             |                                        |                           |                                        |                         |                         |                                  | Nil Nil -                        |                                   |
|             | Odisha Puducherry Punjab               | 229                       | 54                                     | 13                      | 77                      |                                  |                                  | Nil -                             |
| 27. 28. 29. |                                        | 3,156 11057               | - 3053                                 | -                       | - 1022 171              | - 22 0                           |                                  |                                   |
| 30.         | Rajasthan                              | 3549 04                   |                                        | 40                      | Nil                     | Nil                              | 568                              | 46,23,650 7,83,000 Nil            |
|             |                                        |                           | 1598 Nil 2461                          | 91 Nil 496              |                         |                                  | 108 Nil                          |                                   |
|             | Sikkim Tamil                           | 7383                      |                                        |                         | 825                     |                                  |                                  | -                                 |
| 31.         | Nadu                                   |                           |                                        |                         |                         | 896                              | -                                | 2,24,66,700 -                     |
|             |                                        |                           |                                        | 25 -                    |                         |                                  |                                  |                                   |
| 32. 33. 34. | Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh        | 823 268 19063             | 175 18 8375                            |                         | 15 -                    | 01                               | 20 -                             |                                   |
| 35          | Uttarakhand                            | 1119                      | 120                                    | 102 -                   | 7232 -                  | - 3237 -                         | 4219 -                           | 12,91,85,500 -                    |
|             | Bengal                                 |                           | 329                                    | -                       |                         |                                  | -                                |                                   |
| 36.         | West Total                             | 1228 99,353               | 24,262                                 | 1,506                   | - 13,615                | 22 5,198                         | 7,627                            | 1,64,000 26,35,41,067             |

Source: States/UTs.

## Annexure-III

State-wise details of Samples analysed, found non-conforming and  penal action taken for the year 2018-19

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT         | No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples found non- conforming   | No. of Cases Launched   | No. of Cases Launched   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State/UT         | No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples found non- conforming   | Criminal                | Civil                   | Convictions                      | No of Penalties                  | Penalties Amount (in Rupees )    |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 268                       | 11                                     | 1                       | 90                      | 1                                | 89                               | 1274000                          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           | 4715                      | 692                                    | 104                     | 456                     | 29                               | 344                              | 10691300                         |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 291                       | 11                                     | 1                       | 7                       | 0                                | 6                                | 21000                            |
| 4        | Assam                    | 515                       | 111                                    | 7                       | 14                      | 0                                | 5                                | 77000                            |
| 5        | Bihar                    | 4135                      | 372                                    | 25                      | 146                     | 0                                | 30                               | 1065000                          |
| 6        | Chandigarh               | 315                       | 30                                     | 37                      | 21                      | 30                               | 15                               | 335000                           |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh             | 988                       | 208                                    | 23                      | 27                      | 17                               | 8                                | 995000                           |
| 8        | Dadara& Nagar Haveli     | 58                        | 6                                      | 0                       | 6                       | 0                                | 6                                | 63000                            |
| 9        | Daman & Diu              | 145                       | 4                                      | 0                       | 4                       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 10       | Delhi                    | 2461                      | 485                                    | 29                      | 110                     | 38                               | 31                               | 4716001                          |
| 11       | Goa                      | 1550                      | 88                                     | 1                       | 9                       | 0                                | 17                               | 866000                           |
| 12       | Gujarat                  | 9884                      | 822                                    | 22                      | 353                     | 22                               | 237                              | 19589004                         |
| 13       | Haryana                  | 2929                      | 737                                    | 47                      | 488                     | 5                                | 242                              | 5116860                          |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh         | 229                       | 43                                     | 4                       | 10                      | 4                                | 35                               | 965500                           |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir          | 3600                      | 1416                                   | 10                      | 698                     | 1                                | 466                              | 5718800                          |
| 16       | Jharkhand                | 499                       | 208                                    | 10                      | 71                      | 0                                | 22                               | 485000                           |
| 17       | Karnataka                | 3945                      | 456                                    | 71                      | 249                     | 0                                | 146                              | 950800                           |
| 18       | Kerala                   | 4378                      | 781                                    | 102                     | 565                     | 2                                | 339                              | 11117000                         |
| 19       | Lakshadweep              | 0                         | 0                                      | 0                       | 0                       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh           | 7063                      | 1369                                   | 114                     | 1095                    | 8                                | 557                              | 1,82,28,200                      |
| 21       | Maharashtra              | 4742                      | 1036                                   | 957                     | 910                     | 18                               | 529                              | 11996269                         |
| 22       | Manipur                  | 388                       | 56                                     | 0                       | 16                      | 0                                | 12                               | 689000                           |
| 23       | Meghalaya                | 81                        | 3                                      | 1                       | 0                       | 0                                | 3                                | 193700                           |
| 24       | Mizoram                  | 124                       | 27                                     | 0                       | 0                       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 25       | Nagaland                 | 202                       | 175                                    | 0                       | 63                      | 0                                | 63                               | 37500                            |
| 26       | Odisha                   | 327                       | 91                                     | 38                      | 123                     | 0                                | 3                                | 220000                           |
| 27       | Puducherry               | 2037                      | 39                                     | 0                       | 0                       | 0                                | 7                                |                                  |
| 28       | Punjab                   | 11920                     | 3961                                   | 45                      | 1840                    | 3                                | 1762                             | 15703200                         |
| 29       | Rajasthan                | 5760                      | 2147                                   |                         | 657                     | 141                              | 686                              | 2017000                          |
| 30       | Sikkim                   | 182                       | 17                                     | 0                       | 0                       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu               | 5730                      | 2601                                   | 666                     | 1718                    | 306                              | 1485                             | 50111950                         |
| 32       | Telangana                | 1760                      | 168                                    | 33                      | 191                     | 3                                | 15                               | 248000                           |

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT   | No. of Samples   | No. of Samples found non- conforming   | No. of Cases Launched   | No. of Cases Launched   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   | No. of Convictions / Penalties   |
|----------|--------------------|------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|          |                    | Analysed         |                                        | Criminal                | Civil                   | Convictions                      | No of Penalties                  | Penalties Amount (in Rupees )    |
| 33       | Tripura            | 192              | 8                                      | 0                       | 3                       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh      | 22583            | 11817                                  | 451                     | 8524                    | 73                               | 5526                             | 158981003                        |
| 35       | Uttarakhand        | 755              | 35                                     | 8                       | 28                      | 0                                | 28                               | 2853000                          |
| 36       | West Bengal        | 1,708            | 384                                    | 6                       | 58                      | 0                                | 20                               | 453000                           |
| Total    | Total              | 1,06,459         | 30415                                  | 2813                    | 18550                   | 701                              | 12734                            | Rs.32,57,78,087                  |

Source: States/UTs,