The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been established
under Food Safety and Standards , 2006 which consolidates various acts &
orders that have hitherto handled food related issues in various Ministries and
Departments. FSSAI has been created for laying 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.
Highlights of the Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006
- Various central
Acts like Prevention of Food Adulteration Act,1954,Fruit Products Order ,
1955, Meat Food Products Order,1973,
- Vegetable Oil Products (Control) Order,
1947,Edible Oils Packaging (Regulation)Order 1988, Solvent Extracted Oil,
De- Oiled Meal and Edible Flour (Control) Order, 1967, Milk and Milk
Products Order, 1992 etc will be repealed after commencement of FSS Act,
2006.
The Act also aims to establish a single
reference point for all matters relating to food safety and standards, by
moving from multi- level, multi- departmental control to a single line of
command. To this effect, the Act establishes an independent statutory Authority
– the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India with head office at Delhi.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the State Food Safety
Authorities shall enforce various provisions of the Act.
Establishment of the Authority
Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare, Government of India is the Administrative Ministry for the implementation
of FSSAI. The Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have already been appointed by Government
of India. The Chairperson is in the rank of Secretary to Government of India.
FSSAI has been mandated by the FSS Act, 2006 for performing the
following functions:
- Framing of Regulations to lay down the
Standards and guidelines in relation to articles of food and specifying
appropriate system of enforcing various standards thus notified.
- Laying down mechanisms and guidelines for
accreditation of certification bodies engaged in certification of food
safety management system for food businesses.
- Laying down procedure and guidelines for
accreditation of laboratories and notification of the accredited
laboratories.
- To provide scientific advice and technical
support to Central Government and State Governments in the matters of
framing the policy and rules in areas which have a direct or indirect
bearing of food safety and nutrition.
- Collect and collate data regarding food
consumption, incidence and prevalence of biological risk, contaminants in
food, residues of various, contaminants in foods products, identification
of emerging risks and introduction of rapid alert system.
- Creating an information network across the
country so that the public, consumers, Panchayats etc receive rapid,
reliable and objective information about food safety and issues of
concern.
- Provide training programmes for persons who
are involved or intend to get involved in food businesses.
- Contribute to the development of international
technical standards for food, sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards.
- Promote general awareness about food safety and food standards.
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