Food Safety and Standards Authority of India Ministry of Health ...

(a) On receipt of a package containing a sample for analysis from a Food Safety
Officer or any other person authorized by the Authority shall compare the seal on
the container and the outer covers with specimen impression received separately
and note the conditions of the seal thereon.
Provided that in case a sample container received by the Food Analyst
is found to be in broken condition or unfit for analysis, he shall within a period
of seven days from the date of receipt of such sample inform the Designated
Officer about the same and send requisition to him for sending second part of
the sample.
(b) The Food Analyst shall cause to be analysed such sample of article of food /
adulterant as may be sent to him by Food Safety Officer or any other officer
authorized under this Act.
(c) He shall within a period of fourteen days from the date of receipt of the sample
for analysis received under Section 38 or Section 47, send four copies of report
in Form I to the Designated Officer.
(d) In case sample is received under Section 40 alongwith the required analysis fees,
the Food Analyst shall cause the sample analysed and a copy of the report in
Form I shall be sent to the purchaser within fourteen days with a copy to the
Designated Officer.
Provided that in case sample is not conforming to the prescribed
standards and regulations under the Act, the analysis fee paid by purchaser shall
be refunded to him under intimation to the Designated Officer.
(e) In case sample can’t be analysed within prescribed time period, Food Analyst
shall inform the Designated Officer and Commissioner of Food Safety giving
reasons and specifying time to be taken for analysis. He shall inform this in
writing within a period of seven days from the date of receipt of the sample.
Part IV: Procedure in getting food analysed, details of fees etc. under Sub-section (1) of
Section 40:-
1) A purchaser of any article of food may have the food analysed by the Food
Analyst. The purchaser who wishes to have the samples of any article of food
analyzed under Section 40(1) of the Food Safety and Standards Act,2006 shall
inform of his intension to do so in writing in Form IB then and there to the Food
Business Operator from whom he takes the sample of article of food.
2) He shall take the sample of article of food and follow the same procedure
including packing , sealing and labeling as they apply to a Food Safety Officer
who takes the sample of Food for analysis under the provisions of Food Safety
and Standards Act, 2006.
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