Lok Sabha Question No. 4933 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: Cases of Food Adulteration
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4933 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st  MARCH, 2023

## CASES OF FOOD ADULTERATION

## 4933. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

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

- (a) whether a large number of cases on food adulteration have been registered in the country during the last five years, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the most common items facing adulteration in the country;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  any  surveillance  and  monitoring  mechanism  in  place  to check such food adulteration, if so, the details thereof and if not,  the reasons therefor; and (d)  the  details  of  the  penalty  imposed  for  food  adulteration  during  the  last  five  years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (d)  The  implementation  and  enforcement  of  provisions  under  Food  Safety  and Standards  (FSS)  Act,  2006  and  Rules  and  Regulations,  primarily  lies  with  the  State/UT Governments. To ensure compliance with these provisions, State/UT Governments take up surveillance, monitoring and inspection activities. Some of the surveillance activities taken by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) are National Milk Survey, Edible Oil Survey, Jaggery Surveilance etc.

Samples  of  food  items  are  drawn  by  State  Food  Safety  Officers  and  sent  to  the laboratories recognised by FSSAI for analysis. In cases where samples are found to be nonconforming  to  the  provisions  of  the  Act  and  the  Rules  and  Regulations  made,  recourse  is taken to penal provisions under the FSS Act.

Based on the information received from the states/UTs, state-wise details of various kinds of food samples analyzed, found non-conforming and action taken during 2018-19 to, 2021-22 are at Annexure-I to Annexure-IV .

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## Annexure-I

## Details of Samples analysed, found non-conforming and action taken for the year 2018-19

| S. No.   | Name of                 | 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   |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of                 | No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples found non- conforming   | Criminal                | Civil                   | Convictions                      | Penalties                        |
| 1        | Andaman& Nicobar Island | 268                       | 11                                     | 1                       | 90                      | 1                                | 89                               |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | 4715                      | 692                                    | 104                     | 456                     | 29                               | 344                              |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 291                       | 11                                     | 1                       | 7                       | 0                                | 6                                |
| 4        | Assam                   | 515                       | 111                                    | 7                       | 14                      | 0                                | 5                                |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 4135                      | 372                                    | 25                      | 146                     | 0                                | 30                               |
| 6        | Chandigarh              | 315                       | 30                                     | 37                      | 21                      | 30                               | 15                               |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh            | 988                       | 208                                    | 23                      | 27                      | 17                               | 8                                |
| 8        | Dadara& Nagar Haveli    | 58                        | 6                                      | 0                       | 6                       | 0                                | 6                                |
| 9        | Daman &Diu              | 145                       | 4                                      | 0                       | 4                       | 0                                | 0                                |
| 10       | Delhi                   | 2461                      | 485                                    | 29                      | 110                     | 38                               | 31                               |
| 11       | Goa                     | 1550                      | 88                                     | 1                       | 9                       | 0                                | 17                               |
| 12       | Gujarat                 | 9884                      | 822                                    | 22                      | 353                     | 22                               | 237                              |
| 13       | Haryana                 | 2929                      | 737                                    | 47                      | 488                     | 5                                | 242                              |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh        | 229                       | 43                                     | 4                       | 10                      | 4                                | 35                               |
| 15       | Jammu& Kashmir          | 3600                      | 1416                                   | 10                      | 698                     | 1                                | 466                              |
| 16       | Jharkhand               | 499                       | 208                                    | 10                      | 71                      | 0                                | 22                               |
| 17       | Karnataka               | 3945                      | 456                                    | 71                      | 249                     | 0                                | 146                              |
| 18       | Kerala                  | 4378                      | 781                                    | 102                     | 565                     | 2                                | 339                              |
| 19       | Lakshdweep              | 0                         | 0                                      | 0                       | 0                       | 0                                | 0                                |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh          | 7063                      | 1369                                   | 114                     | 1095                    | 8                                | 557                              |
| 21       | Maharashtra             | 4742                      | 1036                                   | 957                     | 910                     | 18                               | 529                              |
| 22       | Manipur                 | 388                       | 56                                     | 0                       | 16                      | 0                                | 12                               |
| 23       | Meghalaya               | 81                        | 3                                      | 1                       | 0                       | 0                                | 3                                |
| 24       | Mizoram                 | 124                       | 27                                     | 0                       | 0                       | 0                                | 0                                |
| 25       | Nagaland                | 202                       | 175                                    | 0                       | 63                      | 0                                | 63                               |
| 26       | Odisha                  | 327                       | 91                                     | 38                      | 123                     | 0                                | 3                                |
| 27       | Puducherry              | 2037                      | 39                                     | 0                       | 0                       | 0                                | 0                                |
| 28       | Punjab                  | 11920                     | 3961                                   | 45                      | 1840                    | 3                                | 1762                             |
| 29       | Rajasthan               | 5760                      | 2147                                   | NA                      | 657                     | 141                              | 686                              |
| 30       | Sikkim                  | 182                       | 17                                     | 0                       | 0                       | 0                                | 0                                |

|   31 | Tamil Nadu    | 5730   |   2601 | 666    |   1718 | 306   |   1485 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|--------|
|   32 | Telangana     | 1760   |    168 | 33 191 |      3 |       |     15 |
|   33 | Tripura       | 192    |      8 | 0      |      3 | 0     |      0 |
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh | 22583  |  11817 | 451    |   8524 | 73    |   5526 |
|   35 | Uttarakhand   | 755    |     35 | 8      |     28 | 0     |     28 |
|   36 | West Bengal   | 1,708  |    384 | 6      |     58 | 0     |     20 |

Source: States/UTs,

NA- Information  has not been  provided by the concerned State/UT

Annexure-II

## State/UT wise details of Samples Analysed, found non-conforming and action taken for the year 2019-20

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT        | No. of Samples   | No. of Sampl es found non- confor ming   | Civil Cases           | Civil Cases                     | Criminal Cases         | Criminal Cases      |
|----------|-------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State/UT        | Analysed         | No. of Sampl es found non- confor ming   | No. of Cases Launched | No. of Conviction s/ penalities | No. of Cases Launche d | No. of Convicti ons |
| 1        | Andaman& Nicobar Island | 613              | NA                                       | 10                    | 6                               | 0                      | 0                   |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | 4044             | 458                                      | 442                   | NA                              | 2                      | 10                  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 346              | 10                                       | 4                     | 5                               | 0                      | 1                   |
| 4        | Assam                   | 459              | 129                                      | 53                    | 10                              | 14                     | 1                   |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 5665             | 501                                      | 147                   | 8                               | 53                     | 0                   |
| 6        | Chandigarh              | 384              | 21                                       | 74                    | NA                              | 20                     | 1                   |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh            | 1550             | 305                                      | 205                   | 210                             | 56                     | 0                   |
| 8        | Dadara& Nagar Haveli    | 87               | 6                                        | 12                    | NA                              | 0                      | 0                   |
| 8a       | Daman& Diu              | 145              | 3                                        | 3                     | NA                              | 0                      | 2                   |
| 9        | Delhi                   | 2114             | 374                                      | 341                   | 45                              | 59                     | 60                  |
| 10       | Goa                     | 147              | 6                                        | 6                     | 3                               | 1                      | 0                   |
| 11       | Gujarat                 | 13160            | 984                                      | 579                   | 368                             | 16                     | 4                   |
| 12       | Haryana                 | 2417             | 473                                      | 372                   | 197                             | 30                     | 4                   |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh        | 675              | 129                                      | 20                    | NA                              | 6                      | 1                   |
| 14       | Jammu& Kashmir          | 3688             | 950                                      | 1395                  | 805                             | 35                     | 3                   |
| 15       | Jharkhand               | 1039             | 397                                      | 138                   | 49                              | 63                     | 13                  |
| 16       | Karnataka               | 4551             | 465                                      | 351                   | 211                             | 80                     | 12                  |
| 17       | Kerala                  | 5021             | 778                                      | 359                   | 398                             | 210                    | 8                   |
| 18       | Ladakh                  | 6                | 0                                        | 9                     | 10                              | 0                      | 0                   |
| 19       | Lakshadwee p            | 0                | 0                                        | 0                     | 0                               | 0                      | 0                   |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh          | 15717            | 2575                                     | 2083                  | 1588                            | 131                    | 17                  |
| 21       | Maharashtra             | 5962             | 1030                                     | 1150                  | 666                             | 1045                   | 135                 |
| 22       | Manipur                 | 92               | 73                                       | 17                    | 17                              | NA                     | 1                   |
| 23       | Meghalaya               | 133              | 2                                        | 1                     | 0                               | 0                      | 0                   |
| 24       | Mizoram                 | 101              | 61                                       | 0                     | 0                               | 0                      | 0                   |
| 25       | Nagaland                | 0                | 0                                        | 0                     | 0                               | 0                      | 0                   |

|   26 | Odisha        |   702 | 183   |    61 | 5    | 12   | 0   |
|------|---------------|-------|-------|-------|------|------|-----|
|   27 | Puducherry    |     5 | 5     |    22 | 20   | 0 0  |     |
|   28 | Punjab        |  7053 | 1394  |  1990 | 2161 | 106  | 33  |
|   29 | Rajasthan     |  6455 | 1834  |   903 | 174  | 75   | 0   |
|   30 | Sikkim        |    18 | NA    |     0 | NA   | 0    | 0   |
|   31 | Tamil Nadu    | 10528 | 3155  |  1779 | 1273 | 857  | 340 |
|   32 | Telangana     |  1680 | 135   |   111 | 67   | 14   | NA  |
|   33 | Tripura       |    33 | 8     |     0 | NA   | 0    | 0   |
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh | 21193 | 12568 | 14575 | 8881 | 1787 | 133 |
|   35 | Uttarakhand   |  1211 | 267   |   142 | 126  | 0    | 0   |
|   36 | West Bengal   |  1781 | 310   |    58 | 42   | 9    | 1   |

Source: States/UTs,

NA- Information  has not been  provided by the concerned State/UT

Annexure-III Details of Samples analysed, found non-conforming and action taken for the year 2020-21

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT         | No. of Samples   | No. of Samples found non-   | Civil Cases           | Civil Cases                        | Criminal Cases        | Criminal Cases         |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State/UT         | Analysed         | conforming                  | No. of Cases Launched | No. of Cases Convicted/ penalities | No. of Cases Launched | No. of Cases Convicted |
| 1        | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 700              | 0                           | 16                    | 16                                 | 0                     | 0                      |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           | 2329             | 383                         | 223                   | 216                                | 31                    | 3                      |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 169              | 15                          | 1                     | 1                                  | 1                     | 0                      |
| 4        | Assam                    | 672              | 109                         | 39                    | 46                                 | 2                     | 0                      |
| 5        | Bihar                    | 1224             | 144                         | 100                   | 55                                 | 12                    | 0                      |
| 6        | Chandigarh               | 292              | 32                          | 42                    | 54                                 | 15                    | 0                      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh             | 834              | 165                         | 246                   | 149                                | 28                    | 0                      |
| 8        | D&NHD&D                  | 75               | 1                           | 11                    | 0                                  | 0                     | 0                      |
| 9        | Delhi                    | 1509             | 214                         | 243                   | 28                                 | 66                    | 58                     |
| 10       | Goa                      | 329              | 31                          | 1                     | 2                                  | 0                     | 0                      |
| 11       | Gujarat                  | 13284            | 1056                        | 899                   | 402                                | 41                    | 11                     |
| 12       | Haryana                  | 2596             | 696                         | 651                   | 358                                | 103                   | 1                      |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh         | 1568             | 420                         | 204                   | 16                                 | 14                    | 5                      |
| 14       | J&K                      | 4094             | 871                         | 1554                  | 573                                | 32                    | 2                      |
| 15       | Jharkhand                | 581              | 216                         | 204                   | 94                                 | 65                    | 0                      |
| 16       | Karnataka                | 5217             | 319                         | 151                   | NA                                 | 47                    | 4                      |
| 17       | Kerala                   | 6971             | 1020                        | 422                   | 389                                | 274                   | 7                      |
| 18       | Ladakh                   | 0                | 0                           | 18                    | 15                                 | 0                     | 0                      |
| 19       | Lakshadweep              | 0                | 0                           | 0                     | 0                                  | 0                     | 0                      |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh           | 10886            | 2162                        | 2228                  | 1887                               | 126                   | 29                     |
| 21       | Maharashtra              | 4733             | 874                         | 911                   | 269                                | 795                   | 80                     |
| 22       | Manipur                  | 235              | 19                          | 4                     | 4                                  | 0                     | 0                      |
| 23       | Meghalaya                | 48               | 0                           | 0                     | 0                                  | 0                     | 0                      |
| 24       | Mizoram                  | 23               | 2                           | 0                     | 0                                  | 0                     | 0                      |
| 25       | Nagaland                 | 60               | 1                           | 0                     | 0                                  | 0                     | 0                      |
| 26       | Odisha                   | 1037             | 272                         | 131                   | 32                                 | 33                    | 0                      |
| 27       | Puducherry               | 5                | 1                           | 22                    | 20                                 | 0                     | 0                      |
| 28       | Punjab                   | 6721             | 873                         | 966                   | 875                                | 64                    | 2                      |
| 29       | Rajasthan                | 7343             | 2054                        | 584                   | NA                                 | 56                    | 0                      |
| 30       | Sikkim                   | 32               | 0                           | 0                     | 0                                  | 0                     | 0                      |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu               | 10766            | 3443                        | 1463                  | 1363                               | 557                   | 231                    |
| 32       | Telangana                | 894              | 98                          | 44                    | 22                                 | 14                    | 0                      |
| 33       | Tripura                  | 17               | 6                           | 0                     | 0                                  | 0                     | 0                      |

|   34 | Uttar Pradesh   |   20613 |   12479 |   12514 |   7810 |   1486 |   72 |
|------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|--------|--------|------|
|   35 | Uttarakhand     |     905 |     255 |     285 |    118 |      6 |    0 |
|   36 | West Bengal     |    1067 |     116 |      18 |      3 |      1 |    1 |

Source: States/UTs,

NA- Information  has not been  provided by the concerned State/UT

## Annexure-IV

## Details of Samples analysed, found non-conforming and action taken for the year 2021-22

| S. No.   | Name of                         | No. of           | No. of Samples found                                                        | No. of Samples found                       | Details of Civil Cases   | Details of Civil Cases            | Details of Criminal Cases   | Details of Criminal Cases   |
|----------|---------------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|          | State/UT                        | Samples Analysed | Non-Conforming                                                              | Non-Conforming                             | No. of Cases Launched    | No of Cases Convicted/ penalities | No. of Cases Launched       | No of Cases Convicted       |
|          |                                 |                  | From Samples lifted in previous year but Analysis Report declared this year | From samples lifted and analysed this year | No. of Cases Launched    | No of Cases Convicted/ penalities | No. of Cases Launched       | No of Cases Convicted       |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands       | 850              | 0                                                                           | 4                                          | 6                        | 5                                 | 0                           | 0                           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                  | 5290             | 5                                                                           | 528                                        | 271                      | 484                               | 41                          | 6                           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh               | 108              | 1                                                                           | 1                                          | 0                        | 0                                 | 1                           | 0                           |
| 4        | Assam                           | 520              | 2                                                                           | 64                                         | 25                       | 5                                 | 3                           | 0                           |
| 5        | Bihar                           | 555              | 17                                                                          | 0                                          | 23                       | 75                                | 9                           | 0                           |
| 6        | Chandigarh                      | 388              | 1                                                                           | 27                                         | 95                       | 60                                | 61                          | 1                           |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                    | 1436             | 20                                                                          | 160                                        | 118                      | 90                                | 39                          | 6                           |
| 8        | Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman &Diu | 234              | 0                                                                           | 0                                          | 10                       | 7                                 | 0                           | 0                           |
| 9        | Delhi                           | 1956             | 5                                                                           | 213                                        | 196                      | 89                                | 48                          | 27                          |
| 10       | Goa                             | 200              | 0                                                                           | 14                                         | 9                        | 2                                 | 4                           | 0                           |
| 11       | Gujarat                         | 13663            | 67                                                                          | 757                                        | 626                      | 668                               | 79                          | 14                          |
| 12       | Haryana                         | 4235             | 96                                                                          | 1086                                       | 587                      | 78                                | 60                          | 21                          |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                | 1745             | 14                                                                          | 294                                        | 248                      | 249                               | 15                          | 0                           |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir                 | 8109             | 240                                                                         | 1495                                       | 2244                     | 1931                              | 34                          | 4                           |
| 15       | Jharkhand                       | 175              | 0                                                                           | 85                                         | 67                       | 42                                | 15                          | 8                           |
| 16       | Karnataka                       | 5844             | 0                                                                           | 150                                        | 147                      | 125                               | 13                          | 0                           |
| 17       | Kerala                          | 7855             | 64                                                                          | 861                                        | 599                      | 237                               | 361                         | 10                          |
| 18       | Ladakh                          | 47               | 0                                                                           | 19                                         | 19                       | 12                                | 0                           | 0                           |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                     | 0                | 0                                                                           | 0                                          | 0                        | 0                                 | 0                           | 0                           |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                  | 16059            | 889                                                                         | 2011                                       | 2786                     | 2030                              | 169                         | 72                          |
| 21       | Maharashtra                     | 9580             | 320                                                                         | 1134                                       | 1587                     | 787                               | 272                         | 12                          |
| 22       | Manipur                         | 236              | 0                                                                           | 3                                          | 0                        | 1                                 | 0                           | 1                           |

|   23 | Meghalaya     |    70 |    0 |    5 |     0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |
|------|---------------|-------|------|------|-------|------|------|-----|
|   24 | Mizoram       |     0 |    0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |
|   25 | Nagaland      |   127 |    0 |   14 |     5 |    0 |    0 |   0 |
|   26 | Odisha        |  1168 |    0 |  260 |    63 |   52 |   43 |   0 |
|   27 | Puducherry    |     5 |    0 |    2 |     2 |    2 |    0 |   0 |
|   28 | Punjab        |  6768 |    0 | 1059 |   784 |    0 |   63 |   8 |
|   29 | Rajasthan     | 10386 |    0 | 2891 |  1125 |  626 |   33 |   1 |
|   30 | Sikkim        |    66 |    5 |    0 |     4 |    0 |    0 |   0 |
|   31 | Tamil Nadu    | 16363 | 1033 | 2745 |  3121 | 2884 |  837 | 360 |
|   32 | Telangana     |  3077 |    0 |  353 |   281 |   77 |   32 |   0 |
|   33 | Tripura       |    31 |    0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh | 21987 | 5372 | 7781 | 13221 | 8585 | 2694 | 118 |
|   35 | Uttarakhand   |  2511 |  205 |  355 |   574 |  182 |   13 |   1 |
|   36 | West Bengal   |  2701 |   67 |  140 |    63 |   52 |    7 |   1 |

Source: States/UTs,