Act Number: 34

Act Name: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Year: 2006

Enactment Date: 2006-08-23

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 25: All imports of articles of food to be subject to this Act.
    No person shall import into India--
         (i) any unsafe or misbranded or sub-standard food or food containing extraneous matter;
         (ii) any article of food for the import of which a licence is required under any Act or rules or regulations, except in accordance with the conditions of the licence; and
         (iii) any article of food in contravention of any other provision of this Act or of any rule or regulation made thereunder or any other Act.
     (2) The Central Government shall, while prohibiting, restricting or otherwise regulating import of article of food under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992), follow the standards laid down by the Food Authority under the provisions of this Act and the Rules and regulations made thereunder.
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