Lok Sabha Question No. 5425 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Food Adulteration
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: K. Jayakumar

## Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

## Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5425

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2023

## FOOD ADULTERATION

## 5425. DR. K. JAYAKUMAR:

## Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the  quantity  of  adulterated  food  that  has  been  confiscated  from  the  year  2014  to  2022  from  leading business houses;
- (b) the punishments/penalties that have been imposed on them, value-wise;
- (c) whether  this  punishment/penalty  is  adequate  or  can  be  raised  to  stringent  levels  to  effectively discourage food adulteration; and
- (d) the action plan to complete the targets in case these have not been met, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k jkT; ea=h (श्री अश्विनी क ु मार चौबे)

## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (d)   : Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India  (FSSAI)  through  State/UTs  and  its  regional offices conduct regular surveillance, monitoring, inspection and random sampling of food products to check compliance of the  standards laid down under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, Rules and Regulations made thereunder. In cases where the food samples are found to be non-conforming, penal action has been initiated against the defaulting Food Business Operators as  per provisions of FSS Act, Rules and Regulations made thereunder.

No separate enforcement data regarding quantity of  adulterated food that has been confiscated from the year  2014-2022  from  leading  business  houses  is  maintained  centrally  by  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards Authority of India, however based on the information made available by  the states/UTs the details of various kinds of food samples received, analyzed, found non-conforming and  action taken during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 is at Annexure.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5425 FOR 05.04.2023 REGARDING FOOD ADULTERATION.

| Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for last three years   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for last three years   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for last three years   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for last three years   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for last three years   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for last three years   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for last three years   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for last three years   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for last three years   | Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report/Data for last three years   |
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| S.N o.                                                              | Year                                                                | No. of Samples Anal ysed                                            | No. of Samples found non- conformi ng                               | Civil Cases                                                         | Civil Cases                                                         | Civil Cases                                                         | Criminal Cases                                                      | Criminal Cases                                                      | Criminal Cases                                                      |
| S.N o.                                                              | Year                                                                | No. of Samples Anal ysed                                            | No. of Samples found non- conformi ng                               | No. of Cases Launched                                               | No. of Convic tions                                                 | Penal ties Raised (Cr Rs.)                                          | No. of Cases Laun ched                                              | No. of Convic tions                                                 | Penal ties Raised (CrRs.)                                           |
| 1                                                                   | 2                                                                   | 3                                                                   | 4                                                                   | 5                                                                   | 6                                                                   | 7                                                                   | 8                                                                   | 9                                                                   | 10                                                                  |
| 2                                                                   | 2019-20                                                             | 118775                                                              | 29192                                                               | 27412                                                               | 17345                                                               | 56.38                                                               | 4681                                                                | 780                                                                 | 1.61                                                                |
| 3                                                                   | 2020-21                                                             | 107829                                                              | 28347                                                               | 24195                                                               | 14817                                                               | 49.92                                                               | 3869                                                                | 506                                                                 | 0.83                                                                |
| 4                                                                   | 2021-22                                                             | 144345                                                              | 32934                                                               | 28906                                                               | 19437                                                               | 53.39                                                               | 4946                                                                | 671                                                                 | 1.38                                                                |

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