Section 56
Penalty for unhygienic or unsanitary processing or manufacturing of food.
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.
Any person who,
whether by himself or by any other person on his behalf, manufactures or processes any article of food for
human consumption under unhygienic or unsanitary conditions, shall be liable to a penalty which may
extend to one lakh rupees.