Food Safety and Standards Act - PRS
Food Safety and Standards Act - PRS
Food Safety and Standards Act - PRS
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THE FOOD SAFETYAND STANDARDS BLL, 2005ABILLBill No. 123 of 2005.to consolidate the laws relating to food <strong>and</strong> to establish the <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> <strong>and</strong> St<strong>and</strong>ardsAuthority of India for laying down science basedst<strong>and</strong>ards for articles offood <strong>and</strong> toregulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale <strong>and</strong> import, to ensureavailability of safe <strong>and</strong> wholesome food for human consumption <strong>and</strong> for mattersconnected therewith or incidental thereto.BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-CHAPTER I1. (I) This <strong>Act</strong> may be called the <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> <strong>and</strong> St<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>Act</strong>, 2005. Short title,5 (2) It extends to the whole of India.extent <strong>and</strong>~~mmencement(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notificationin the Official Gazette, appoint, <strong>and</strong> different dates may be appointed for different provisionsof this <strong>Act</strong> <strong>and</strong> any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this <strong>Act</strong> shall beconstrued as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.10 2. It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the Union should Declarationtake under its control the food industry.as toexpediency ofcontrol bythe Union.
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