Lok Sabha Question No. 694 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Quality of Packed Food Items
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 694 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## QUALITY OF PACKED FO OD ITEMS

## 694. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

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

- (a) whether requisite parameters are being followed to maintain the quality of packed food items, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the manner in which such quality checks are bein g conducted;
- (c) the types of packed food products which do not qualify the necessary parameters as required by the regulations in place; and
- (d) the details of the action taken against the companies selling such faulty packed food items, State/ UT - wiseincluding Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan?

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

- (a): Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has informed that the quality and s parameters  of  food  products  have  been  prescribed  under  various  Food  Safety  and  Standa Regulations made under Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006. FSS Act, 2006, Rules and Regulations made there under have been implemented throughout the country and are enforc by the Food Safety Departments of the States/UTs in order to ensure availability of s wholesome food in the country.

All Food Busi ness Operators (FBO) doing any kind of food business as defined under Section 3 (1) (n) of the FSS Act, 2006 w.r.t the foods defined under Section 3 (1) (j) of 2006, have to comply with the provisions of FSS Act, 2006, Rules and Regulations made t here under.

Further, Section 26 of the FSS Act, 2006 states that every food business operator ensure that the articles of food satisfy the requirements of this Act and the rules and made there under at all stages of producti on, processing, import, distribution and sale within th businesses under his control.  The liability of manufacturer has been fixed under Sectio of FSS Act, 2006, which states that the manufacturer or packer of an article of food liable f or such article of food if it does not meet the requirements of this Act and the regulations made there under.

(b)& (c) : The implementation and enforcement of provisions of FSS Act, 2006, Rules and Regulations made there under primarily lies w ith States/UTs.

To  check  the  compliance  of  the  provisions  of  FSS  Act,  2006,  Rules  and  Regulatio made there under, regular surveillance, monitoring, inspections and random sampling of packed and un - packed food products are  carried out by food safety officers of States/UTs. The samples of food are sent for analysis in the food laboratories notified by FSSAI to ascertai compliance. In cases where samples are found not conforming with the provisions of the Act the Rules and R egulations made there under, penal action is initiated under the provisions FSS Act, 2006.

(d): As  per details received  from  States/UTs,    including  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Rajasthan, State /UT wise consolidated report on food samples analyzed, found non -c nformi g and action taken  against  the  defaulting  Food  Business  Operators  for  the  year  2020 - 21  is  enclosed  at Annexure.

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## State wise details of Samples analysed , found non-conforming and action taken for the year 2020-21

## Annexure

| S. No.   | Nameof State/UT                    | No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples found non- conforming   | Non Conforming Samples   | Non Conforming Samples   | Non Conforming Samples                       | Civil Cases           | Civil Cases          | Civil Cases            | Criminal Cases        | Criminal Cases       | Criminal Cases         |
|----------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
| S. No.   | Nameof State/UT                    | No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples found non- conforming   | Unsafe                   | Sub Standard             | Labelling defects/ Misleading/ Miscellaneous | No. of Cases Launched | No. of Cases decided | Penalties Raised (Rs.) | No. of Cases Launched | No. of Cases decided | Penalties Raised (Rs.) |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 2329                      | 383                                    | 45                       | 168                      | 170                                          | 223                   | 291                  | 2173000                | 31                    | 8                    | 75000                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 169                       | 15                                     | 1                        | 4                        | 10                                           | 1                     | 15                   | 173000                 | 1                     | 0                    | 0                      |
|          | Assam                              | 672                       | 109                                    | 19                       | 77                       | 13                                           | 39                    | 11                   | 682000                 | 2                     |                      | 0                      |
| 3 4 5    | Bihar                              | 1224                      | 144                                    | 66                       | 26                       | 52                                           | 100                   | 55                   | 615000                 | 12                    | 0                    | 0                      |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         | 292                       | 32                                     | 6                        | 18                       | 8                                            | 42                    | 54                   | 740000                 | 15                    | 0                    | 0                      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       | 834                       | 165                                    | 32                       | 92                       | 41                                           | 246                   | 163                  | 3844000                | 28                    | 0                    | 0                      |
|          | Dadara& Nagar Haveli andDaman& Diu | 75                        | 1                                      | 0                        | 1                        | 0                                            | 11                    | 11                   | 38500                  | 0                     | 0                    | 0                      |
|          | Delhi                              | 1509                      | 214                                    | 46                       | 49                       | 119                                          | 243                   | 30                   | 1294000                | 66                    | 58                   | 1470000                |
| 8 9 10   | Goa                                | 329                       | 31                                     | 8                        | 22                       | 1                                            | 1                     | 2                    | 1742000                | 0                     | 0                    | 0                      |
| 11       | Gujarat                            | 13284                     | 1056                                   | 71                       | 688                      | 297                                          | 899                   | 543                  | 40041000               | 41                    | 11                   | 30001                  |
| 12       | Haryana                            | 2596                      | 696                                    | 97                       | 363                      | 236                                          | 651                   | 481                  | 5040028                | 103                   | 1                    | 500                    |
|          | Jammu& Kashmir                     | 4094                      | 871                                    | 48                       | 443                      | 380                                          | 1554                  | 330                  | 4595800                | 32                    | 2                    | 0                      |
|          | Karnataka                          | 5217                      | 319                                    | 77                       | 101                      | 141                                          | 151                   | 21                   | 168200                 | 47                    | 4                    | 61100                  |
| 13 14    | Kerala                             | 6971                      | 1020                                   | 543                      | 216                      | 261                                          | 422                   | 445                  | 5914800                | 274                   | 7                    | 55000                  |
|          | Ladakh                             | 0                         | 0                                      | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                            | 18                    | 18                   | 174100                 | 0                     | 0                    | 0                      |
| 15       | Lakshadweep                        | 0                         | 0                                      | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                            | 0                     | 0                    | 0                      | 0                     | 0                    | 0                      |

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| 18       | Maharashtra   |   4733 |   874 |   227 |   527 |   120 |   911 |   307 | 9213800          |   795 | 80   | 26000   |
|----------|---------------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------------------|-------|------|---------|
|          | Manipur       |    235 |    19 |    17 |     1 |     1 |     4 |     5 | 240000           |     0 | 0    | 0       |
|          | Meghalaya     |     48 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 | 0                |     0 | 0    | 0       |
| 19       | Mizoram       |     23 |     2 |     0 |     1 |     1 |     0 |     0 | 0                |     0 | 0    | 0       |
| 20 21    | Nagaland      |     60 |     1 |     0 |     1 |     0 |     0 |     0 | 0                |     0 | 0    | 0       |
|          | Odisha        |   1037 |   272 |    53 |   164 |    55 |   131 |    96 | 679500           |    33 | 0    | 0       |
| 22 23 24 | Puducherry    |      5 |     1 |     1 |     0 |     0 |    22 |    20 | 142000           |     0 | 0    | 0       |
| 25       | Punjab        |   6721 |   873 |    77 |   582 |   214 |   966 |   972 | 15220500         |    64 | 7    | 103000  |
| 26       | Rajasthan     |   7343 |  2054 |   339 |  1100 |   615 |   584 |   337 | 6963600          |    56 | 0    | 0       |
|          | Tamil Nadu    |  10766 |  3443 |  1221 |   651 |  1571 |  1463 |  1368 | 16273500         |   557 | 235  | 4769500 |
| 27 28    | Telangana     |    894 |    98 |    16 |    47 |    35 |    44 |    22 | 205000           |    14 |      |         |
|          | Tripura       |     17 |     6 |     1 |     4 |     1 |     0 |     0 | 0                |     0 | 0    | 0       |
|          | Uttar Pradesh |  20613 | 12479 |  1921 |  6513 |  4045 | 12514 |  7810 | 291410300        |  1486 | 72   | 483500  |
| 29 30 31 | Uttarakhand   |    905 |   255 |     9 |   239 |     7 |   285 |   118 | 4101000          |     6 | 0    | 0       |
|          | West Bengal   |   1067 |   116 |    73 |    30 |    13 |    18 |     7 |                  |     1 | 1    | 100000  |
| Total    | Total         |  94062 | 25549 |  5014 | 12128 |  8407 | 21543 | 13532 | 233000 411917628 |  3664 | 486  | 7173601 |

total penalty 419091229