Lok Sabha Question No. 2236 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-15
Subject: Substandard Food Samples
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2236 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th DECEMBER, 2023

## SUBSTANDARD FOOD SAMPLES

## 2236. SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

## Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the number of food samples tested by the Government during the last three years and the number of samples found substandard, State/UT-wise and year-wise including Chhattisgarh;

- (b) the details of the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government against the business owners of the said substandard food samples, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh;

(c) whether there has been shortage of manpower and equipments in State Food Testing Laboratories in the country; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the corrective measures taken/proposed to be taken in this regard?

## 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 primarily lies with the State/UT Governments. However, to address the shortage of manpower and equipment in the State Food Laboratories (SFL), FSSAI is implementing a Central Sector Scheme named ' Strengthening of Food Testing System in the Country including provision of Mobile Food Testing Labs (SOFTeL) under which State Food Testing Laboratories (SFTLs) are provided funds for setting up lab with basic lab equipment, installation of high end equipment and establishing microbiology lab. FSSAI has also provided grants to States for National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accreditation, Certified Reference Materials, Consumables and for hiring contractual manpower. To extend reach of basic testing facilities even in remote areas, FSSAI has provided mobile food testing labs called Food Safety on Wheels (FSWs). During the period from 2016-17 to 2022-23, FSSAI has released total funds of Rs 613.67 crores under SoFTeL to the stakeholders (State/SFTLs/Referral laboratory).

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has informed it is implementing a scheme namely Food Safety & Quality Assurance Infrastructure under Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) to assist the Setting-up/Up-gradation of Food Testing Laboratories in the country.

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 last three years is at Annexure-I, Annexure-II and Annexure-III.

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Annexure-I State-wise details of various kinds of food samples analyzed, found non-conforming and

## action taken during 2020-21

|        |                                     |                          | Total number of Samples found non - conformin   | Civil Cases           | Civil Cases         | Criminal Cases         | Criminal Cases      |
|--------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
| S. No. | Name of State/UT                    | No. of Samples Analyse d | g                                               | No. of Cases Launched | No of Cases decided | No. of Cases Launc hed | No of Cases decided |
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Island             | 700                      | 0                                               | 16                    | 16                  | 0                      | 0                   |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh                      | 2329                     | 383                                             | 223                   | 291                 | 31                     | 8                   |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 169                      | 15                                              | 1                     | 15                  | 1                      | 0                   |
| 4      | Assam                               | 672                      | 109                                             | 39                    | 11                  | 2                      | 0                   |
| 5      | Bihar                               | 1224                     | 144                                             | 100                   | 55                  | 12                     | 0                   |
| 6      | Chandigarh                          | 292                      | 32                                              | 42                    | 54                  | 15                     | 0                   |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                        | 834                      | 165                                             | 246                   | 163                 | 28                     | 0                   |
| 8      | Dadara &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 75                       | 1                                               | 11                    | 11                  | 0                      | 0                   |
| 9      | Delhi                               | 1509                     | 214                                             | 243                   | 30                  | 66                     | 58                  |
| 10     | Goa                                 | 329                      | 31                                              | 1                     | 2                   | 0                      | 0                   |
| 11     | Gujarat                             | 13284                    | 1056                                            | 899                   | 543                 | 41                     | 11                  |
| 12     | Haryana                             | 2596                     | 696                                             | 651                   | 481                 | 103                    | 1                   |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh                    | 1568                     | 420                                             | 204                   | 34                  | 14                     | 5                   |
| 14     | Jammu &Kashmir                      | 4094                     | 871                                             | 1554                  | 330                 | 32                     | 2                   |
| 15     | Jharkhand                           | 581                      | 216                                             | 204                   | 54                  | 65                     | 0                   |
| 16     | Karnataka                           | 5217                     | 319                                             | 151                   | 21                  | 47                     | 4                   |
| 17     | Kerala                              | 6971                     | 1020                                            | 422                   | 445                 | 274                    | 7                   |
| 18     | Ladakh                              | 0                        | 0                                               | 18                    | 18                  | 0                      | 0                   |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                         | 0                        | 0                                               | 0                     | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh                      | 10886                    | 2162                                            | 2228                  | 1896                | 126                    | 29                  |
| 21     | Maharashtra                         | 4733                     | 874                                             | 911                   | 307                 | 795                    | 80                  |
| 22     | Manipur                             | 235                      | 19                                              | 4                     | 5                   | 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                   | 96                  | 33                     | 0                   |
| 27     | Puducherry                          | 5                        | 1                                               | 22                    | 20                  | 0                      | 0                   |
| 28     | Punjab                              | 6721                     | 873                                             | 966                   | 972                 | 64                     | 7                   |
| 29     | Rajasthan                           | 7343                     | 2054                                            | 584                   | 337                 | 56                     | 0                   |
| 30     | Sikkim                              | 32                       | 0                                               | 0                     | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                          | 10766                    | 3443                                            | 1463                  | 1368                | 557                    | 235                 |
| 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 |    7 |    1 |   1 |

Annexure-II

## State-wise details of various kinds of food samples analyzed, found non-conforming and action taken during 2021-22.

| S. N   | Name of State/UT                | No. of Samples Analysed   | No. of Samples found Non-            | No. of Samples found Non-                  | Details of Civil Cases   | Details of Civil Cases   | Details of Criminal Cases   | Details of Criminal Cases   |
|--------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| o.     |                                 |                           | Conforming                           | Conforming                                 | No. of Cases Launche     | No of Cases decided      | No. of Cases Launche d      | No of Cases decided         |
|        |                                 |                           | From Samples lifted in previous year | From samples lifted and analysed this year | d                        |                          |                             |                             |
| 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 |

Annexure-III State-wise details of various kinds of food samples analyzed, found non-conforming and

## action taken during 2022-23.

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT                | No. of Samples Analyse   | No. of Samples found Non- Conformin g during   | Details of Civil Cases   | Details of Civil Cases   | Details of Criminal Cases   | Details of Criminal Cases   |
|----------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|          |                                 | d                        | the year                                       | No. of Cases Launche d   | No of Cases decided      | No. of Cases Launche d      | No of Cases decided         |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands       | 1200                     | 46                                             | 51                       | 58                       | 0                           | 0                           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                  | 3607                     | 314                                            | 562                      | 339                      | 88                          | 12                          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh               | 258                      | 11                                             | 0                        | 0                        | 0                           | 0                           |
| 4        | Assam                           | 602                      | 99                                             | 35                       | 0                        | 39                          | 0                           |
| 5        | Bihar                           | 2935                     | 92                                             | 42                       | 39                       | 9                           | 0                           |
| 6        | Chandigarh                      | 473                      | 64                                             | 41                       | 27                       | 9                           | 8                           |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                    | 1468                     | 96                                             | 152                      | 119                      | 32                          | 8                           |
| 8        | Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman &Diu | 164                      | 10                                             | 16                       | 13                       | 1                           | 0                           |
| 9        | Delhi                           | 3133                     | 255                                            | 192                      | 86                       | 62                          | 10                          |
| 10       | Goa                             | 699                      | 103                                            | 11                       | 11                       | 0                           | 0                           |
| 11       | Gujarat                         | 14562                    | 978                                            | 2,981                    | 547                      | 48                          | 24                          |
| 12       | Haryana                         | 4445                     | 1425                                           | 1,333                    | 915                      | 126                         | 35                          |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                | 2720                     | 729                                            | 332                      | 93                       | 9                           | 1                           |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir                 | 13502                    | 1195                                           | 1581                     | 1592                     | 20                          | 15                          |
| 15       | Jharkhand                       | 943                      | 370                                            | 125                      | 44                       | 31                          | 8                           |
| 16       | Karnataka                       | 3416                     | 322                                            | 239                      | 191                      | 23                          | 15                          |
| 17       | Kerala                          | 8533                     | 1362                                           | 517                      | 454                      | 346                         | 33                          |
| 18       | Ladakh                          | 220                      | 6                                              | 25                       | 23                       | 0                           | 0                           |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                     | 0                        | 0                                              | 0                        | 0                        | 0                           | 0                           |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                  | 12507                    | 2092                                           | 2,444                    | 1908                     | 166                         | 71                          |
| 21       | Maharashtra                     | 11077                    | 1340                                           | 1,384                    | 198                      | 300                         | 5                           |
| 22       | Manipur                         | 169                      | 4                                              | 0                        | 0                        | 0                           | 0                           |
| 23       | Meghalaya                       | 409                      | 41                                             | 0                        | 0                        | 0                           | 0                           |
| 24       | Mizoram                         | 140                      | 0                                              | 0                        | 0                        | 0                           | 0                           |
| 25       | Nagaland                        | 109                      | 6                                              | 0                        | 0                        | 0                           | 0                           |
| 26       | Odisha                          | 1368                     | 367                                            | 145                      | 47                       | 116                         | 0                           |
| 27       | Puducherry                      | 0                        | 0                                              | 0                        | 0                        | 0                           | 0                           |

|   28 | Punjab        |   8179 |   1724 | 855    |   1404 |   65 |   5 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------|-----|
|   29 | Rajasthan     |  13184 |   3965 | 3,225  |   2435 |  189 |   4 |
|   30 | Sikkim        |    279 |      0 | 11     |      4 |    0 |   0 |
|   31 | Tamil Nadu    |  24188 |   7924 | 4,572  |   3714 |  732 | 678 |
|   32 | Telangana     |   4809 |    894 | 677    |    315 |   84 |   0 |
|   33 | Tripura       |     31 |      8 | 0      |      0 |    0 |   0 |
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh |  30140 |  18108 | 15,455 |  13148 | 2272 | 251 |
|   35 | Uttarakhand   |   1839 |    342 | 561    |    507 |   24 |   5 |
|   36 | West Bengal   |   6203 |    334 | 532    |    233 |   27 |   0 |