Lok Sabha Question No. 1842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Duplicate Food/Oil Items
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Geetha Viswanath Vanga

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1842 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH February, 2021

## DUPLICATE FOOD/OIL I TEMS

## 1842. SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY: SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  duplicate food/oil  items  are  including  edible  oils, biscuits, chocolates and other packed items available in the market and if so, the details thereof, item - wise;

(b) the action taken thereon during the last three years, State/UT - wise  particularly  in  Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government for proper monitoring to stop such activities?

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

(a) &(b): Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has informed that a ll Food Business Operators (FBOs) have to follow the norms and standa rds for different categories of food products  as prescribed under Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act and various Regulat notified  there  under    by  FSSAI.  Implementation  and  enforcement  of  prescribed  norms  a standards primarily rests with the State/U T Governments. Regular surveillance, monitoring and inspection are undertaken by State/UT Governments.  Where the samples drawn are found to non- conforming to prescribed norms and standards, action is taken under the penal provisi Chapter IX of th e FSS Act, 2006.

As  per  the  information  available  from  State/UT  Governments,  the  State/  UT - wise (including  Andhra  Pradesh  and  Telangana)  details  of  samples  collected,  tested,  found conforming (including misbranded food products) and action taken durin g last three years are at Annexure - I to III .

(c): Per se, the act of counterfeiting is an infringement of IP laws which is not the d the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. However, such products are likely to be substa and unsafe. Therefore  FSSAI has   discussed the issue of  counterfeiting of food items stakeholders and in the light of discussions,  the Commissioners of Food Safety of all St as well as  all Central Licensing Authorities and all Authorised Officers ( handling food imports were addressed on  9 th March,  2020  to take proactive action  such as :

- I. Conduct regular market surveillance for food products selling significantly below and, thus, likely to be counterfeit and take action in coordination with l ocal police or other authorities related to counterfeiting.
- II. Develop local intelligence and coordinate with major brands to identify commodities spots and trends in counterfeit food goods.
- III. Conduct regular surveys to identify selling of imported /foreign food goods which do not have FSSAI license.
- IV. Sensitise e - commerce players to  put in place mechanisms to prevent sale of counterf food goods and illegal imported goods on their platforms and allow only those prod which have FSSAI  registrati on/license.
- V. Strengthen enforcement/technical manpower.

## Annexure-I

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

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

Source:

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

| S. N o.   | Name of State/UT         | Numbe r of Samples   | Numbe r of Samples found non-conforming   | Numbe r of Cases   | Numbe r of Cases   | Numbe r of Convictions / Penalties   | Numbe r of Convictions / Penalties   | Numbe r of Convictions / Penalties   |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| S. N o.   | Name of State/UT         | Analyse d            | Numbe r of Samples found non-conforming   | Launched Criminal  | Civil              | Convictions                          | Numbe r of cases in which penalties  | Amount of penalty Raised in Rupees   |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 268                  | 11                                        | 1                  | 90                 | 1                                    | imposed 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                               |
| 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                              |

| S. N   | Name of State/UT   | Numbe r of Samples Analyse d   | Numbe r of Samples found   | Numbe r of Cases Launched   | Numbe r of Cases Launched   | Numbe r of Convictions / Penalties   | Numbe r of Convictions / Penalties          | Numbe r of Convictions / Penalties   |
|--------|--------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| o.     |                    |                                | non-conforming             | Criminal                    | Civil                       | Convictions                          | Numbe r of cases in which penalties imposed | Amount of penalty Raised in Rupees   |
| 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,

## Annexure III

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

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT          | Numbe r of Samples Analysed   | Numbe r of Samples found non- conform ing (total)   | Non Conforming Samples   | Non Conforming Samples   | Non Conforming Samples                          | Civil Cases               | Civil Cases              | Civil Cases             | Criminal Cases             | Criminal Cases            | Criminal Cases         |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State/UT          | Numbe r of Samples Analysed   | Numbe r of Samples found non- conform ing (total)   | Unsafe                   | Sub Standa rd            | Labell ing defect s/ Mislea ding/ Miscel laneou | Numbe r of Cases Launched | Numbe r of Cases decided | Penaltie s Raised (Rs.) | Numb er of Cases Launc hed | Numb er of Cases decide d | Penalties Raised (Rs.) |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Island  | 613                           |                                                     | 0                        | 0                        | s 0                                             | 10                        | 8                        | 571000                  | 0                          | 0                         | 0                      |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            | 4044                          | 458                                                 | 67                       | 178                      | 213                                             | 442                       | 118                      | 1016100 0               | 2                          | 10                        | 60000                  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 346                           | 10                                                  | 1                        | 6                        | 3                                               | 4                         | 5                        | 26000                   | 0                          | 1                         | 30000                  |
| 4        | Assam                     | 459                           | 129                                                 | 6                        | 78                       | 45                                              | 53                        | 11                       | 1029000                 | 14                         | 5                         | 80000                  |
| 5        | Bihar                     | 5665                          | 501                                                 | 166                      | 177                      | 158                                             | 147                       | 8                        | 208000                  | 53                         | 0                         | 0                      |
| 6        | Chandigarh                | 384                           | 21                                                  | 1                        | 20                       | 0                                               | 74                        | 11                       | 810000                  | 20                         | 1                         | 0                      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              | 1550                          | 305                                                 | 42                       | 187                      | 76                                              | 205                       | 190                      | 5562500                 | 56                         | 0                         | 0                      |
| 8        | Dadara & Nagar Haveli and | 232                           | 9                                                   | 0                        | 7                        | 2                                               | 15                        | 6                        | 96000                   | 0                          | 2                         | 52000                  |
| 9        | Daman & Diu Delhi         | 2114                          | 374                                                 | 109                      | 94                       | 171                                             | 341                       | 46                       | 2012000                 | 59                         | 60                        | 3250000                |
| 10       | Goa                       | 147                           | 6                                                   | 0                        | 1                        | 5                                               | 6                         | 4                        | 210000                  | 1                          | 0                         | 0                      |
| 11       | Gujarat                   | 13160                         | 984                                                 | 59                       | 511                      | 414                                             | 579                       | 368                      | 2869550 0               | 16                         | 27                        | 966005                 |
| 12       | Haryana                   | 2417                          | 473                                                 | 76                       | 265                      | 132                                             | 372                       | 140                      | 3567061                 | 30                         | 4                         | 10500                  |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh          | 675                           | 129                                                 | 4                        | 65                       | 60                                              | 20                        | 104                      | 2709000                 | 6                          | 1                         | 2000                   |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 3688                          | 950                                                 | 28                       | 529                      | 393                                             | 1395                      | 817                      | 6451700                 | 35                         | 6                         | 23000                  |
| 15       | Jharkhand                 | 1039                          | 397                                                 |                          |                          |                                                 | 138                       | 49                       | 1180000                 | 63                         | 13                        | 0                      |
| 16       | Karnataka                 | 4551                          | 465                                                 | 93                       | 123                      | 249                                             | 351                       | 211                      | 2004500                 | 80                         | 12                        | 220000                 |
| 17       | Kerala                    | 5021                          | 778                                                 | 354                      | 187                      | 237                                             | 359                       | 599                      | 1237250 0               | 210                        | 8                         | 245000                 |
| 18       | Ladakh                    | 6                             | 0                                                   | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                               | 9                         | 9                        | 101300                  | 0                          | 0                         | 0                      |
| 19       | Lakshadweep               | 0                             | 0                                                   | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                               | 0                         | 0                        | 0                       | 0                          | 0                         | 0                      |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            | 15717                         | 2575                                                | 132                      | 1509                     | 934                                             | 2083                      | 1598                     | 8810300 0               | 131                        | 17                        | 1134000                |
| 21       | Maharashtra               | 5962                          | 1030                                                | 216                      | 688                      | 126                                             | 1150                      | 847                      | 2395462 3               | 1045                       | 135                       | 122500                 |
| 22       | Manipur                   | 92                            | 73                                                  | 57                       | 5                        | 11                                              | 17                        | 18                       | 195000                  |                            | 1                         | 40000                  |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 | 133                           | 2                                                   |                          | 2                        |                                                 | 1                         | 1                        | 0                       | 0                          | 0                         | 0                      |
| 24       | Mizoram                   | 101                           | 61                                                  | 0                        | 15                       | 46                                              | 0                         | 0                        | 0                       | 0                          | 0                         | 0                      |
| 25       | Nagaland                  | 0                             | 0                                                   | 0                        | 0                        | 0                                               | 0                         | 0                        | 0                       | 0                          | 0                         | 0                      |
| 26       | Odisha                    | 702                           | 183                                                 | 44                       | 99                       | 40                                              | 61                        | 97                       | 803600                  | 12                         | 0                         | 0                      |
| 27       | Puducherry                | 5                             | 5                                                   | 5                        | 0                        | 0                                               | 22                        | 20                       | 142000                  | 0                          | 0                         |                        |
| 28       | Punjab                    | 7053                          | 1394                                                | 80                       | 1056                     | 258                                             | 1990                      | 893                      | 2876385 0               | 106                        | 33                        | 584000                 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 | 6455                          | 1834                                                | 409                      | 946                      | 479                                             | 903                       | 174                      | 2694320                 | 75                         | 0                         | 0                      |
| 30       | Sikkim                    | 18                            |                                                     |                          |                          |                                                 | 0                         | 0                        | 0                       | 0                          | 0                         | 0                      |

| 31    | Tamil Nadu    |   10528 |   3155 |   991 |   964 |   1200 |   1779 |   1390 | 1671250 0   |   857 | 351   | 7377500   |
|-------|---------------|---------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|-------------|-------|-------|-----------|
| 32    | Telangana     |    1680 |    135 |    24 |    54 |     57 |    111 |     67 | 311000      |    14 |       |           |
| 33    | Tripura       |      33 |      8 |     0 |     5 |      3 |      0 |      0 | 0           |     0 | 0     | 0         |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh |   21193 |  12568 |  1458 |  7534 |   3576 |  14575 |   8881 | 3354651 00  |  1787 | 133   | 1877800   |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   |    1211 |    267 |     0 |   247 |     20 |    142 |    111 | 1284000     |     0 | 0     | 0         |
| 36    | West Bengal   |    1781 |    310 |   104 |   119 |     87 |     58 |     80 | 1543000     |     9 | 1     | 33000     |
| Total | Total         |  118775 |  29192 |  4526 | 15671 |   8995 |  27412 |  16881 | 5777390 54  |  4681 | 821   | 16107305  |

Source: States/UTs,