According to FSSAI guidelines, food adulteration amounts to intentionally or unintentionally debasing the quality of food that is offered for sale by adding inferior substances or substituting them with inferior substances or removing some valuable ingredient. Section 3 (a) of Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006 has defined Adulterant as; any material which is or […]
Penalty for sub-standard food
Any person who whether by himself or by any other person on his behalf manufactures for sale or stores or sells or distributes or imports any article of food for human consumption which is sub-standard, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five lakh rupees.