Section 55
Penalty for failure to comply with the directions of Food Safety Officer.
The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the laws relating to food and to establish the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
If a food business
operator or importer without reasonable ground, fails to comply with the requirements of this Act or the
rules or regulations or orders issued thereunder, as directed by the Food Safety Officer, he shall be liable
to a penalty which may extend to two lakh rupees.