Lok Sabha Question No. 3392 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Food Testing by FSSAI
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3392 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 th  AUGUST, 2022

## FOOD TESTING BY FSSAI

## 3392. SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  food  samples  checked  by  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India (FSSAI) for quality checking since 2017, year-wise/State-wise;
- (b) whether it is a fact that less than 1 per cent of the food business operators are convicted for  inappropriate  quality during  quality  checking  and  if  so,  the  reasons  behind  low convictions; and
- (c) the allocation of total budget and utilization of funds for providing financial assistance to States/UTs under a central sector scheme for strengthening of food testing infrastructure since 2017, year-wise/State-wise?

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

- (a)  to  (c):  The  implementation  and  enforcement  of  Food  Safety  and  Standards  (FSS)  Act 2006,  Rules  and  Regulations  primarily  lies  with  the  State/UT  Governments.  Surveillance, monitoring, inspection and sampling of food products are carried out by Food Safety Officers of  States/UTs  and  penal  action  is  taken  against  the  defaulting  Food  Business  Operators (FBOs) as per the provisions of FSS Act, 2006, Rules and Regulations.

As  per  information  received  from  States/UTs,  the  State  wise  details  of  number  of samples analysed for the years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 is at Annexure I. Details of convictions for the last two years  viz. 2019-20 and  2020-21 is as below:-

| Year    |   No. of Samples Analysed |   No. of Convictions in Civil Cases | No. of Convictions in Criminal Cases   |
|---------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|         |                    118775 |                               17345 | 2019-20 780                            |
| 2020-21 |                    107829 |                               14817 | 506                                    |

State wise details of grant released towards the strengthening and upgradation of 39 State Food Testing Laboratories (SFTL) from FY 2016-17 to FY 2021-22 under the Central Sector Scheme (CSS) for ' Strengthening of Food Testing System in the Country including Provision of Mobile Food Testing Labs ' (SOFTeL) is at Annexure II.

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Details of Samples analysed

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT        | 2017-18        | 2018-19        |   2019-20 | 2020-21   |
|----------|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Island | 234            | 268            |       613 | 700       |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | 3881           | 4715           |      4044 | 2329      |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 269            | 291            |       346 | 169       |
| 4        | Assam                   | 610            | 515            |       459 | 672       |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 2248           | 4135           |      5665 | 1224      |
| 6        | Chandigarh              | 376            | 315            |       384 | 292       |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh            | 1564           | 988            |      1550 | 834       |
| 8        | Dadara &Nagar Haveli    | 67             | 58             |        87 | 75        |
| 8a       | Daman &Diu              | 71             | 145            |       145 |           |
| 9        | Delhi                   | 1271           | 2461           |      2114 | 1509      |
| 10       | Goa                     | 1268           | 1550           |       147 | 329       |
| 11       | Gujarat                 | 9576           | 9884           |     13160 | 13284     |
| 12       | Haryana                 | 2067           | 2929           |      2417 | 2596      |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh        | 164            | 229            |       675 | 1568      |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir          | 3643           | 3600           |      3688 | 4094      |
| 15       | Jharkhand               | 580            | 499            |      1039 | 581       |
| 16       | Karnataka               | 3257           | 3945           |      4551 | 5217      |
| 17       | Kerala                  | 3783           | 4378           |      5021 | 6971      |
| 18       | Ladakh                  | Not applicable | Not applicable |         6 | 0         |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh          | 6270 7063      | 6270 7063      |     15717 | 10886     |
| 20       | Maharashtra             | 9022           | 4742           |      5962 | 4733      |
| 21       | Manipur                 | 830            | 388            |        92 | 235       |
| 22       | Meghalaya               | 29             | 81             |       133 | 48        |
| 23       | Mizoram                 | 84             | 124            |       101 | 23        |
| 24       | Nagaland                | 310            | 202            |         0 | 60        |
| 25       | Odisha                  | 229            | 327            |       702 | 1037      |
| 26       | Puducherry              | 3,156          | 2037           |         5 | 5         |
| 27       | Punjab                  | 11057          | 11920          |      7053 | 6721      |
| 28       | Rajasthan               | 3549           | 5760           |      6455 | 7343      |
| 29       | Sikkim                  | 4              | 182            |        18 | 32        |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu              | 7383           | 5730           |     10528 | 10766     |
| 31       | Telangana               | 823            | 1760           |      1680 | 894       |
| 32       | Tripura                 | 268            | 192            |        33 | 17        |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh           | 19063          | 22583          |     21193 | 20613     |
| 34       | Uttarakhand             | 1119           | 755            |      1211 | 905       |
| 35       | West Bengal             | 1228           | 1,708          |      1781 | 1067      |

Source: States/ UTs

| State            |   Total (from FY 2016-17 till FY 2021-22) |
|------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |                                     50    |
| Assam            |                                    916.2  |
| Bihar            |                                    957.06 |
| Chattisgarh      |                                    955    |
| Delhi            |                                   1055    |
| Goa              |                                   1059.25 |
| Gujarat          |                                   2138.2  |
| Haryana          |                                   1458.82 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                                   1007    |
| Jammu &Kashmir   |                                   1441.9  |
| Jharkhand        |                                    958.7  |
| Karnataka        |                                   1580.75 |
| Ladakh           |                                      3.5  |
| Kerala           |                                   1982.5  |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                                   1060.88 |
| Maharashtra      |                                    637.62 |
| Manipur          |                                   1197.4  |
| Meghalaya        |                                   1058.2  |
| Nagaland         |                                   1090.2  |
| Odisha           |                                    963.3  |
| Pudducherry      |                                    895    |
| Punjab           |                                    686    |
| Rajasthan        |                                   2092    |
| Sikkim           |                                    509.8  |
| Tamilnadu        |                                   1647    |
| Telangana        |                                   1098.35 |
| Tripura          |                                    713    |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                                   1009.12 |
| Uttarakhand      |                                   1058    |
| West Bengal      |                                   1372.76 |

## Annexure-II

## State-wise Details of Grants Released for Strengthening and Upgradation of State Food Testing Labs (SFTLs) under Central Sector Scheme

(Grants in Rs lakh)