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(b) Qualification of the Commissioner of Food Safety - It is expected
that Commissioner of Food Safety would be either the Secretary of the
concerned Department or Ministry, dealing with Food Safety or the Head of
the Department directly responsible for administration of the PFA, 1954.
Having an individual with experience in the administration of the food laws
would be an added advantage. The level of the Commissioner of Food
Safety should not be below that of a Head of the Department or preferably
Secretary to Government. This is necessary for him to interact on a
sustainable basis with many other departments involved in the
implementation of the Act. Prosecution sanction and appellate powers are
also expected to be performed by this Authority. Therefore, it is necessary
that officer should be full time entrusted with this work and not in the form of
additional charge to an existing office.
(c)
Location - The State Food Authority may be situated wherever the
State Government may consider appropriate.
(d) Delegation of power - The Commissioner of Food Safety may, by
Order, delegate, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be
specified in the Order, such of his powers and functions under this Act(
except the power to appoint Designated Officer, Food Safety Officer and
Food Analyst) as he may deem necessary or expedient to any Officer
subordinate to him.
2. Appointment of Designated officer
The Commissioner of Food Safety for the State shall by order appoint Designated
Officers for each District in the State. (The draft for order of appointment is at Annex-II).
District may be defined in such a way as to ensure adequate coverage and optimum
utilization of available personnel, work load, population density and availability of
infrastructure. The Commissioner will have to provide / define the following after
appointment of Designated officer:-
(a)
Infrastructure - The Commissioner of Food Safety for the State may
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