Lok Sabha Question No. 3564 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-13
Subject: Serious Food Safety Irregularities
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Kuldeep Indora, Shri Murari Lal Meena

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3564 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH MARCH, 2026

## SERIOUS FOOD SAFETY IRREGULARITIES

## †3564. SHRI KULDEEP INDORA: SHRI MURARI LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware of reported instances of food safety violations by certain restaurants, hotels and multi-national fast-food chains, including use of rotten/sub-standard ingredients and cooking oil with Total Polar Compounds (TPC) exceeding the prescribed limit of 25 per cent in the country, particularly in Rajasthan and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

- (b) whether such violations have been reported from various States and are not limited to isolated cases and if so, the details thereof including the number of inspections, seizures and prosecutions carried out during the last three years, particularly in Jaipur and Dausa districts, State-wise and district-wise;
- (c) whether Used Cooking Oil (UCO), meant for collection by authorised agencies for biodiesel production, is being illegally reprocessed or resold in the market by unscrupulous traders and if so, the action taken thereon;
- (d) the details of penal action, including improvement notices, licence suspension/cancellation and fines imposed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and State/UT

authorities during the last three years; and

- (e) whether the Government proposes to strengthen enforcement under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, including mandatory on-site TPC testing, enhanced traceability mechanisms, stricter penal provisions and increased surprise inspections and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (e): Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is mandated to lay down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption. The implementation and enforcement of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 is a shared responsibility between the Central and State Governments.

Towards this, surveillance, monitoring, inspection and random sampling of various food products, including the Total Polar Compounds (TPC) of the cooking oils, are conducted to check compliance with the quality and safety parameters and other requirements as laid down under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, rules and regulations made thereunder. State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years, is at Annexure . Further, the details of enforcement action taken in Dausa and Jaipur districts of Rajasthan from 01st January 2023 to February 2026 is as follows:-

|   Sr. No. | Name of District   |   Number of Samples Analysed |   Number of Prosecutions in Court Regarding Non- Conforming Samples |   Number of Licence Cancellations in Concerned Cases |
|-----------|--------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Dausa              |                           20 |                                                                   8 |                                                    0 |
|         2 | Jaipur             |                          446 |                                                                 107 |                                                    0 |

FSSAI has launched the Repurpose Used Cooking Oil (RUCO) initiative, to enable collection and conversion of Used Cooking Oil (UCO) into Biodiesel and Soap. FSSAI mandates Food Business operators (FBO) to maintain record of UCO disposal if edible oil consumption for frying is more than 50 liters per day. Till now, 53 Non Food Production Units for collection of UCO from FBOs have been enrolled. For an effective implementation of UCO disposal guidelines, there is a provision for inspections of food businesses for effective disposal of UCO and Non Food Productions (NFP) units, and their Aggregators.

For compliance with the set standards, limits, & other statutory requirements under the Act and Food Safety and Standards Regulations, FSSAI, through its four (04) regional offices and State/UT food safety authorities, conducts surveillance, inspections, sampling, and enforcement activities in the country. If any deviations from the standards or violations to the FSSR are observed, the defaulting food business operators (FBOs) including food service establishments have been subjected to regulatory actions, including punitive measures, as stipulated under the FSS Act, 2006 and rules and regulations made thereunder.

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Annexure

|        | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   | State-wise details of the action taken including Rajasthan for the last three years   |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        |                                                                                       | (2024-2025)                                                                           | (2024-2025)                                                                           | (2024-2025)                                                                           | (2024-2025)                                                                           | (2023-2024)                                                                           | (2023-2024)                                                                           | (2023-2024)                                                                           | (2023-2024)                                                                           | (2022-2023)                                                                           | (2022-2023)                                                                           | (2022-2023)                                                                           | (2022-2023)                                                                           |
| S. No. | State/UT                                                                              | No. of Samples Analysed                                                               | Civil Cases                                                                           | Criminal Cases                                                                        | Cancelled License                                                                     | No. of Samples Analysed                                                               | Civil Cases                                                                           | Criminal Cases                                                                        | Cancelled License                                                                     | No. of Samples Analysed                                                               | Civil Cases                                                                           | Criminal Cases                                                                        | Cancelled License                                                                     |
| S. No. | State/UT                                                                              | No. of Samples Analysed                                                               | Decided with Penalty                                                                  | No. of Convictions                                                                    | Cancelled License                                                                     | No. of Samples Analysed                                                               | Decided with Penalty                                                                  | No. of Convictions                                                                    | Cancelled License                                                                     | No. of Samples Analysed                                                               | Decided with Penalty                                                                  | No. of Convictions                                                                    | Cancelled License                                                                     |
| 1      | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                                           | 810                                                                                   | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 1200                                                                                  | 58                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh                                                                        | 5984                                                                                  | 464                                                                                   | 8                                                                                     | 15                                                                                    | 6439                                                                                  | 646                                                                                   | 8                                                                                     | 40                                                                                    | 3607                                                                                  | 339                                                                                   | 12                                                                                    | 64                                                                                    |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                     | 125                                                                                   | 7                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 5                                                                                     | 501                                                                                   | 2                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 25                                                                                    | 258                                                                                   | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 20                                                                                    |
| 4      | Assam                                                                                 | 1705                                                                                  | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 19                                                                                    | 1139                                                                                  | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 602                                                                                   | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     |
| 5      | Bihar                                                                                 | 2863                                                                                  | 25                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 7                                                                                     | 2806                                                                                  | 79                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 10                                                                                    | 2935                                                                                  | 39                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 10                                                                                    |
| 6      | Chandigarh                                                                            | 374                                                                                   | 116                                                                                   | 41                                                                                    | 5                                                                                     | 311                                                                                   | 87                                                                                    | 52                                                                                    | 1                                                                                     | 473                                                                                   | 27                                                                                    | 8                                                                                     | 4                                                                                     |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                                                                          | 2069                                                                                  | 143                                                                                   | 6                                                                                     | 1                                                                                     | 1373                                                                                  | 86                                                                                    | 2                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 1468                                                                                  | 119                                                                                   | 8                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     |
| 8      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman& Diu                                                   | 56                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 185                                                                                   | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 164                                                                                   | 13                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     |
| 9      | Delhi                                                                                 | 2624                                                                                  | 18                                                                                    | 16                                                                                    | 1                                                                                     | 3412                                                                                  | 36                                                                                    | 12                                                                                    | 1                                                                                     | 3133                                                                                  | 86                                                                                    | 10                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     |
| 10     | Goa                                                                                   | 1172                                                                                  | 11                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 0                                                                                     | 599                                                                                   | 17                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                     | 699                                                                                   | 11                                                                                    | 0                                                                                     | 4                                                                                     |
| 11     | Gujarat                                                                               | 12387                                                                                 | 859                                                                                   | 91                                                                                    | 8                                                                                     | 15841                                                                                 | 1701                                                                                  | 65                                                                                    | 7                                                                                     | 14562                                                                                 | 547                                                                                   | 24                                                                                    | 15                                                                                    |
| 12     | Haryana                                                                               | 2233                                                                                  | 599                                                                                   | 59                                                                                    | 20                                                                                    | 3485                                                                                  | 593                                                                                   | 47                                                                                    | 15                                                                                    | 4445                                                                                  | 915                                                                                   | 35                                                                                    | 25                                                                                    |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh                                                                      | 1587                                                                                  | 471                                                                                   | 0                                                                                     | 3                                                                                     | 1618                                                                                  | 376                                                                                   | 2                                                                                     | 6                                                                                     | 2720                                                                                  | 93                                                                                    | 1                                                                                     | 9                                                                                     |

| 14   | Jammu & Kashmir   |   6955 | 1,239   |   29 |   17 |   9057 |   1612 |   22 |   19 |   13502 |   1592 |   15 |   42 |
|------|-------------------|--------|---------|------|------|--------|--------|------|------|---------|--------|------|------|
| 15   | Jharkhand         |    364 | 52      |    0 |    1 |    384 |     59 |    0 |    2 |     943 |     44 |    8 |    1 |
| 16   | Karnataka         |   9371 | 283     |   32 |   34 |   5492 |     75 |   16 |   50 |    3416 |    191 |   15 |   56 |
| 17   | Kerala            |  10767 | 1,088   |  206 |   40 |  10792 |    854 |  134 |  137 |    8533 |    454 |   33 |   90 |
| 18   | Ladakh            |    417 | 38      |    0 |    0 |    638 |     19 |    0 |    1 |     220 |     23 |    0 |    0 |
| 19   | Lakshadweep       |      0 | 0       |    0 |    0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |    0 |       0 |      0 |    0 |    0 |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh    |  13920 | 2,597   |   22 |    3 |  13998 |   1938 |   46 |   10 |   12507 |   1908 |   71 |   22 |
| 21   | Maharashtra       |   5403 | 1,147   |    0 |    9 |   5087 |    154 |    0 |    4 |   11077 |    198 |    5 |   17 |
| 22   | Manipur           |    126 | 2       |    0 |    1 |    168 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     169 |      0 |    0 |    3 |
| 23   | Meghalaya         |    388 | 0       |    0 |    0 |    123 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     409 |      0 |    0 |    0 |
| 24   | Mizoram           |      0 | 0       |    0 |    0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     140 |      0 |    0 |    0 |
| 25   | Nagaland          |    223 | 0       |    0 |    0 |    138 |      3 |    0 |    1 |     109 |      0 |    0 |    1 |
| 26   | Orissa            |   2282 | 27      |    0 |    2 |   2003 |      0 |    0 |   24 |    1368 |     47 |    0 |   40 |
| 27   | Puducherry        |    173 | 0       |    0 |    0 |     31 |      0 |    0 |    0 |       0 |      0 |    0 |    1 |
| 28   | Punjab            |   4131 | 333     |    8 |    1 |   6041 |   1204 |  102 |    0 |    8179 |   1404 |    5 |    1 |
| 29   | Rajasthan         |  13840 | 3,114   |   30 |    2 |  18536 |   2181 |   12 |    0 |   13184 |   2435 |    4 |    1 |
| 30   | Sikkim            |    254 | 0       |    0 |    0 |    231 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     279 |      4 |    0 |    0 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu        |  18071 | 1,536   |  492 |    7 |  18146 |   2195 |  478 |   36 |   24188 |   3714 |  678 |   47 |
| 32   | Telangana         |   3347 | 125     |    0 |    1 |   6156 |    425 |    0 |    6 |    4809 |    315 |    0 |    9 |
| 33   | Tripura           |    123 | 0       |    0 |    0 |     87 |      0 |    0 |    0 |      31 |      0 |    0 |    0 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh     |  30380 | 14,920  |  215 |   16 |  27750 |  14627 |  163 |    9 |   30140 |  13148 |  251 |   50 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand       |   1509 | 256     |    4 |    1 |   1998 |    332 |    0 |    1 |    1839 |    507 |    5 |    1 |
| 36   | West Bengal       |  14502 | 672     |    6 |    0 |   5948 |    285 |    0 |    2 |    6203 |    233 |    0 |    0 |
|      | Total             | 170535 | 30142   | 1265 |  220 | 170513 |  29586 | 1161 |  408 |  177511 |  28464 | 1188 |  533 |