Authorities responsible for enforcement of Act
1. The Food Authority and the State Food Safety Authorities shall be responsible for the enforcement of
this Act.
2. The Food Authority and the State Food Safety Authorities shall monitor and verify that the relevant
requirements of law are fulfilled by food business operators at all stages of food business.
3. The authorities shall maintain a system of control and other activities as appropriate to the
circumstances, including public communication on food safety and risk, food safety surveillance and other
monitoring activities covering all stages of food business.
4. The Food Safety Officers shall enforce and execute within their area the provisions of this Act with
respect to which the duty is not imposed expressly or by necessary implication on some other authority.
5. The regulations under this Act shall specify which of the Food Safety Officers are to enforce and execute
them, either generally or in relation to cases of a particular description or a particular area, and any such
regulations or orders may provide for the giving of assistance and information by any authority concerned in
11the administration of the regulations or orders, or of any provisions of this Act, to any other authority
so concerned, for the purposes of their respective duties under them.
6.The Commissioner of Food Safety and Designated Officer shall exercise the same powers as are conferred on
the Food Safety Officer and follow the same procedure specified in this Act.
Admin Register
Alcohol
Baby Care
Bakery, Cakes & Dairy
Beauty-&-Hygiene
Beverages
Cleaning & Household
Construction Materials
Foodgrains, Oil & Masala
Medicine
Medicine Related Cosmetics
Non-Veg
Pesticides
Snacks & Branded Foods
Supplement
Veterinary