Lok Sabha Question No. 2901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: Food Adulteration Cases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Hemant Patil, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2901 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH MARCH, 2021

## FOOD ADULTERATION CA SES

2901. SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM P ATIL: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHA RMA: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SH EWALE:

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

- (a) whether the cases of food adulteration have increased across the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise and the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  the  lax  implementation  of  laws  allows the  adulteration  business  to  turn  it  into  a rewarding enterprise, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to enforce stricter implementation of adulteration laws in the States/ UTs;
- (e) whether the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has sent a proposal to the Government to amend the Food Safety and Standa rds Act, 2006 incorporating therein stringent punishment of fine and imprisonment up to life term for those involved in instances of food adulteration in the country; and
- (f)  if  so,  the  details  and  the  present  status  of  such proposal  along  with  other  steps taken  to address food adulteration?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)  to  (c): The  implementation  and  enforcement  of  provisions      under  Food  Safety  and Standards (FSS)  Act, 2006 and Rules and Regulations made there under primarily rests w ith the State/UT  Governments. To  ensure  compliance  with  these  provisions,  State/UT  Governments undertake regular surveillance, monitoring and inspection activities.

Samples  of  food  items  are  drawn by  State  Food  Safety  Officers  and  sent  to  the laboratories recognised by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI )for analysis. In cases where samples are found to be non - conforming to the provisions of the Act and the Rules and Regulations ma de there under, recourse is taken to penal provisions un derthe FSS Act.

As  per  the  information  available  from  State/UT  Governments,  the  details  of  samp analysed,  found  non - conforming  (  including    adulteration)  and  action  taken  against  t concerned F ood Business Operators during the last three years are  at Annexure I, II and II

(d): FSSAI  constantly  monitors  the  enforcement  of  the  Act  with  the  State  /UT  food  saf authorities      during  the  periodic  meetings  of  the  Central  Advisory  Committee  in  whi ch  the Commissioners  of  Food  Safety  of  all  States/UTs  are  represented  and  also  through  vi conferencing and interaction during visit of senior officials of FSSAI to States/UTs etc.

(e)  &  (f) At  present,  under  Section  59  of  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards Ac ,  2006  for manufacture, storage, sale, distribution or import of unsafe food for human consumption results in death, a penalty of imprisonment for a term not less than seven years but whic extended  to  imprisonment  for  life  and  also  with  f ine  of  not  less  than  ten  lakh  rupees  is prescribed.

A proposal had been received from FSSAI to amend the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.  The  Ministry  had  invited  public  comments  through  a  Public  Notice  on  amendment proposal.

Name of the State/U.T.

## Annexure-I

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

|                                         | Analysed      | Conforming   |          |           |             |                                         |                                    |
|-----------------------------------------|---------------|--------------|----------|-----------|-------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|                                         |               |              | Criminal | Civil     | Convictions | No. of cases in which Penalties imposed | amount of penalty raised in Rupees |
|                                         | 234           | 49           | Nil      | 285       | Nil         | 285                                     | 36,91,500                          |
| A &NIslands AndhraPradesh               | 3881          | 765          | 147      | 282       | 75          | 121                                     | 49,11,500                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh Assam                 |               |              | 04       |           |             |                                         | 75,500                             |
|                                         | 269 610       | 09           |          | 07        | Nil Nil -   | 09 06                                   | 1,22,000                           |
|                                         | 2248 376      | 78 215 25    | 04 28 -  | 39 122 21 |             | -                                       | -                                  |
| Bihar                                   |               |              | 15       | 81        |             | 04 30                                   | 2,25,000 1,71,004                  |
| Chandigarh Chhattisgarh                 | 1564 67       | 388          |          |           | - 13        |                                         |                                    |
|                                         |               |              | 04 02    | 04 02     |             |                                         |                                    |
| Dadra &N.H Daman &Diu Delhi             |               | 04           |          |           | - Nil       | - Nil                                   | -                                  |
|                                         | 71            | 06 120       | 127      | 0         |             | - -                                     | - 2,68,98,000 7,05,000             |
|                                         | 1271 1268     |              | 08       | 08        | 39 07 382   |                                         |                                    |
| Goa                                     |               | 82           |          |           | 08          |                                         | 2,59,82,503 31,12,360              |
| Gujarat                                 | 9576 2067 164 | 713 380 50   | 27 33 09 | 481 303   | 05          | 382 280                                 | 9,81,000                           |
| Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu& Kashmir | 3643          | 992          |          |           |             |                                         |                                    |
|                                         |               |              | -        | 08 921    | 310         | 43 512                                  | 54,89,200                          |
| Jharkhand Karnataka                     | 580 3257      | 219 426      | -        | -         | - -         | -                                       | -                                  |
|                                         |               | 703          | 53 48    | 236 332   |             | 236 147                                 | 40,27,270 39,89,880                |
| Kerala                                  | 3783          |              |          |           | 88          |                                         |                                    |

Lakshadweep

No. of Samples

Nil

No. of Samples found Non-

Nil

No. of Convictions / Penalties

Nil

No. of Cases Launched

Madhya Pradesh

6270

904

27

547

10

507

2,39,42,000

Source: States/UTs, Note: Many of the States/UTs have shared consolidated data and not shared the data/complete data in respect of particular food category like Milk, Oil, Packaged Drinking water, etc

| Maharashtra Manipur               | 9022 830    | 1532         | 194 09   | 589        |           | 141 04     | 17,34,500             |
|-----------------------------------|-------------|--------------|----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------------------|
|                                   |             | 295          |          | 19         | 83 00     | -          | 2,60,000              |
| Meghalaya                         |             |              | -        |            |           |            |                       |
|                                   | 29          | 03           | Nil Nil  | - Nil Nil  | - Nil Nil |            | - Nil Nil             |
| Mizoram Nagaland Odisha           | 84 310 229  | 52 69 54     |          | 77         |           | 05 Nil Nil | Nil                   |
|                                   |             |              | 13       |            | Nil       |            |                       |
| Puducherry Punjab                 | 3,156 11057 | -            | -        |            |           |            |                       |
|                                   |             | 3053 1598    | 40       | - 1022 171 | - 22 0    | - 568 108  | - 46,23,650 7,83,000  |
| Rajasthan                         | 3549        |              |          |            |           |            |                       |
|                                   |             |              | 91 Nil   | Nil        | Nil       | Nil        |                       |
| Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana       | 04 7383     | Nil 2461 175 | 496      | 825        | 896       |            | Nil 2,24,66,700       |
|                                   |             |              | 25       | 15         | 01        | - 20       |                       |
|                                   | 823 268     | 18           | -        | -          |           |            | - -                   |
| Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | 19063 1119  | 8375 120     | 102      | 7232       | - 3237 -  | - 4219     | 12,91,85,500          |
| West Bengal                       |             |              | - -      | - -        |           |            | -                     |
|                                   |             |              |          |            |           | -          |                       |
| Total                             | 1228 99,353 | 329 24,262   | 1,506    | 13,615     | 22 5,198  | - 7,627    | 1,64,000 26,35,41,067 |

## Annexure-II

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

| S. No.   | Nameof State/UT         | No. of Samples Analysed   | Total number . 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.   | Nameof State/UT         | No. of Samples Analysed   | Total number . of Samples found non- conforming   | Criminal                | Civil                   | Convictions                      | Number of cases in which penalties imposed 89 | Amount of penalty raised in Rupees 1274000 |
| 1        | Andaman& Nicobar Island | 268                       | 11                                                | 1                       | 90                      | 1                                |                                               |                                            |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | 4715                      | 692                                               | 104                     | 456                     | 29                               | 344                                           | 10691300                                   |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 291                       | 11                                                | 1                       | 7                       | 0                                | 6                                             | 21000                                      |
| 4 5      | Assam                   |                           |                                                   | 7                       |                         |                                  |                                               |                                            |
| 6        | Bihar                   | 515 4135 315              | 111 372 30                                        | 25 37                   | 14 146 21               | 0 0                              | 5 30 15                                       | 77000 1065000                              |
|          | Chandigarh              | 988                       |                                                   |                         |                         |                                  | 8                                             | 335000 995000                              |
|          | Chhattisgarh            |                           | 208 6                                             | 23                      | 27                      | 30 17                            |                                               | 63000                                      |
| 7 8      | Dadara& Nagar Haveli    | 58                        |                                                   | 0                       | 6                       | 0                                | 6                                             |                                            |
|          | Daman &Diu              |                           | 4                                                 | 0                       |                         |                                  |                                               | 0                                          |
| 9 10 11  | Delhi                   | 145 2461 1550             | 485                                               | 29                      | 4 110 9                 | 0 38                             | 0 31 17                                       | 4716001                                    |
| 12       | Goa                     | 9884                      |                                                   | 1                       |                         |                                  |                                               | 866000                                     |
|          | Gujarat                 | 2929                      | 88 822 737                                        | 22 47                   | 353 488                 | 0 22 5                           | 237 242                                       | 19589004 5116860                           |
|          | Haryana                 | 229                       | 43                                                | 4                       | 10                      | 4                                |                                               |                                            |
| 13 14    | Himachal Pradesh        |                           |                                                   |                         |                         |                                  | 35                                            | 965500                                     |
| 15       | Jammu& Kashmir          | 3600                      | 1416                                              | 10                      | 698                     | 1                                | 466                                           | 5718800                                    |
|          | Jharkhand               |                           |                                                   |                         |                         |                                  |                                               |                                            |

16

499

208

10

71

0

22

485000

17

Source: States/UTs,

3945

456

71

249

0

146

950800

|          | Karnataka      |                |           |       |          |         |           |                 |
|----------|----------------|----------------|-----------|-------|----------|---------|-----------|-----------------|
|          | Kerala         | 4378 0         | 781       | 102   | 565      | 2 0     | 339       | 11117000        |
| 18 19 20 | Lakshadweep    |                | 0         |       |          |         |           |                 |
|          | Madhya Pradesh | 7063           | 1369      | 0 114 | 0 1095   | 8       | 0 557     | 0 1,82,28,200   |
| 21 22    | Maharashtra    | 4742           | 1036 56   | 957   |          |         | 529 12    | 11996269 689000 |
| 23       | Manipur        | 388 81         |           | 0 1   | 910 16 0 | 18 0 0  |           | 193700          |
|          | Meghalaya      |                | 3         | 0     | 0        | 0       | 3 0       |                 |
|          | Mizoram        | 124            |           | 0     |          |         |           | 0               |
| 24 25 26 | Nagaland       |                | 27 175    |       |          |         | 63        |                 |
|          | Odisha         | 202 327        | 91 39     | 38    | 63 123 0 | 0 0     | 3 7       | 37500           |
|          | Puducherry     |                |           |       |          |         |           | 220000 15703200 |
| 27 28 29 | Punjab         | 2037           | 3961 2147 | 0 45  | 1840     | 0       | 1762      | 2017000         |
| 30       | Rajasthan      | 11920 5760 182 |           |       | 657      | 3 141 0 | 686 0     |                 |
|          | Sikkim         |                | 17        | 0     | 0        |         |           | 0               |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu     |                | 2601      | 666   | 1718     | 306 3   | 1485      | 50111950 248000 |
|          | Telangana      | 5730 1760      | 168       | 33    | 191      |         | 15        |                 |
| 32 33 34 | Tripura        | 192            | 8         | 0     | 3        | 0       |           | 0               |
|          | Uttar Pradesh  | 22583          | 11817 35  | 451   | 8524     |         | 0 5526 28 | 158981003       |
| 35 36    | Uttarakhand    | 755            |           | 8 6   | 28 58    | 73 0    | 20        | 2853000 453000  |
|          | West Bengal    |                |           |       |          |         |           |                 |
| Total    | Total          | 1,708 1,06,459 | 384 30415 | 2813  | 18550    | 0 701   | 12734     | Rs.32,57,78,087 |

## Annexure III

## details of Samples analysed, found non-conforming and penal action taken for the year 2019-20

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT                    | No. of Samples Analysed (a)   | No. of Samples found non- conforming (b)   | Civil Cases (d)             | Civil Cases (d)            | Civil Cases (d)              | Criminal Cases (e)          | Criminal Cases (e)         | Criminal Cases (e)            |
|----------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State/UT                    | No. of Samples Analysed (a)   | No. of Samples found non- conforming (b)   | No. of Cases Launched (d.1) | No. of Cases decided (d.2) | Penalties Raised (Rs.) (d.3) | No. of Cases Launched (e.1) | No. of Cases decided (e.2) | Penaltie s Raised (Rs.) (e.3) |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Island             | 613                           |                                            | 10                          | 8                          | 571000                       | 0                           | 0                          | 0                             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                      | 4044                          | 458                                        | 442                         | 118                        | 10161000                     | 2                           | 10                         | 60000                         |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 346                           | 10                                         | 4                           | 5                          | 26000                        | 0                           | 1                          | 30000                         |
| 4        | Assam                               | 459                           | 129                                        | 53                          | 11                         | 1029000                      | 14                          | 5                          | 80000                         |
| 5        | Bihar                               | 5665                          | 501                                        | 147                         | 8                          | 208000                       | 53                          | 0                          | 0                             |
| 6        | Chandigarh                          | 384                           | 21                                         | 74                          | 11                         | 810000                       | 20                          | 1                          | 0                             |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                        | 1550                          | 305                                        | 205                         | 190                        | 5562500                      | 56                          | 0                          | 0                             |
| 8        | Dadara &Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu | 232                           | 9                                          | 15                          | 6                          | 96000                        | 0                           | 2                          | 52000                         |
| 9        | Delhi                               | 2114                          | 374                                        | 341                         | 46                         | 2012000                      | 59                          | 60                         | 3250000                       |
| 10       | Goa                                 | 147                           | 6                                          | 6                           | 4                          | 210000                       | 1                           | 0                          | 0                             |
| 11       | Gujarat                             | 13160                         | 984                                        | 579                         | 368                        | 28695500                     | 16                          | 27                         | 966005                        |
| 12       | Haryana                             | 2417                          | 473                                        | 372                         | 140                        | 3567061                      | 30                          | 4                          | 10500                         |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                    | 675                           | 129                                        | 20                          | 104                        | 2709000                      | 6                           | 1                          | 2000                          |

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| 14    | Jammu &Kashmir   |   3688 | 950   |   1395 |   817 |   6451700 | 35   | 6   | 23000     |
|-------|------------------|--------|-------|--------|-------|-----------|------|-----|-----------|
| 15    | Jharkhand        |   1039 | 397   |    138 |    49 |   1180000 | 63   | 13  | 0         |
| 16    | Karnataka        |   4551 | 465   |    351 |   211 |   2004500 | 80   | 12  | 220000    |
| 17    | Kerala           |   5021 | 778   |    359 |   599 |  12372500 | 210  | 8   | 245000    |
| 18    | Ladakh           |      6 | 0     |      9 |     9 |    101300 | 0    | 0   | 0         |
| 19    | Lakshadweep      |      0 | 0     |      0 |     0 |         0 | 0    | 0   | 0         |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh   |  15717 | 2575  |   2083 |  1598 |  88103000 | 131  | 17  | 1134000   |
| 21    | Maharashtra      |   5962 | 1030  |   1150 |   847 |  23954623 | 1045 | 135 | 122500    |
| 22    | Manipur          |     92 | 73    |     17 |    18 |    195000 |      | 1   | 40000     |
| 23    | Meghalaya        |    133 | 2     |      1 |     1 |         0 | 0    | 0   | 0         |
| 24    | Mizoram          |    101 | 61    |      0 |     0 |         0 | 0    | 0   | 0         |
| 25    | Nagaland         |      0 | 0     |      0 |     0 |         0 | 0    | 0   | 0         |
| 26    | Odisha           |    702 | 183   |     61 |    97 |    803600 | 12   | 0   | 0         |
| 27    | Puducherry       |      5 | 5     |     22 |    20 |    142000 | 0    | 0   |           |
| 28    | Punjab           |   7053 | 1394  |   1990 |   893 |  28763850 | 106  | 33  | 584000    |
| 29    | Rajasthan        |   6455 | 1834  |    903 |   174 |   2694320 | 75   | 0   | 0         |
| 30    | Sikkim           |     18 |       |      0 |     0 |         0 | 0    | 0   | 0         |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu       |  10528 | 3155  |   1779 |  1390 |  16712500 | 857  | 351 | 7377500   |
| 32    | Telangana        |   1680 | 135   |    111 |    67 |    311000 | 14   |     |           |
| 33    | Tripura          |     33 | 8     |      0 |     0 |         0 | 0    | 0   | 0         |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh    |  21193 | 12568 |  14575 |  8881 | 335465100 | 1787 | 133 | 1877800   |
| 35    | Uttarakhand      |   1211 | 267   |    142 |   111 |   1284000 | 0    | 0   | 0         |
| 36    | West Bengal      |   1781 | 310   |     58 |    80 |   1543000 | 9    | 1   | 33000     |
| Total | Total            | 118775 | 29192 |  27412 | 16881 | 577739054 | 4681 | 821 | 1610730 5 |