Section 62
Punishment for obstructing or impersonating a 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 person without
reasonable excuse, resists, obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, impersonate, threaten, intimidate or assault a
Food Safety Officer in exercising his functions under this Act, he shall be punishable with imprisonment
for a term which may extend to three months and also with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees.