Food law

Food law are classified in two main categories-

1)Indian law

2)International law

Need of Government regulation

Objectives-
1)To, ensure supply of good quality, safe, nutricious and wholesome food to its cosumer.

2)To,Prevent economic fraud or deception.

3)To, Inform about nutritional contents of the food.

4)To, Allow consumer to judge the value of food before purchase.

5)To, Provide honest labeling of food.

Indian laws
All laws are governed by Department of public health and family welfare of India.

Prevention of food adulteration act (1954)- It is effective since June 1, 1955.

Objectives-

1)To, Encourage fair trade practices.

2)To, Ensure sale of pure and wholesome food.

Adulteranted food-

1)Which contain harmful or toxic substances or concentration.

2)Contains filth.

3)Prepared or handled under unsanitary condition.

4)Food derived from disease animal.

5)Subjected to non permitted radiation.

6)Valuable constituents are omitted.

7)Specified ingredient are replaced by non-specified ingredient.

8)Increase in bulk weight or decrease in strength.

9)Food contain unapproved colouring agent and flavouring agent. Which is GRAS agent.

This act is amended for improve in 1964 & 1976. There is central
food lab Kolkata and central food technological research institute in Mysor in both these places
testing of adulterated food is carried out.

_ Fruit product order (1946)- Revised in 1955. It is inforced by the Department of health.

Objectives-

1)To, lay down statuary minimum in respect of quality of various foods and vegetable products.

2)To, Controlled and monitored the processing facilities of these product.

_ Meat product order (1973)-

Objectives-
1)To, Detect or destroy meat of disease animal.

2)To, Ensure preparation or handling of meat and meat product in sanitary condition.

3)To, Prevent use of harmful substances in meat.

4)To, Ensure wholesomeness in every cut of meat.

5)To, set packaging, marking & labeling standared for meat containers.

_Cold storage order (1980)-

Objectives-
1)To, Ensure hygienic and proper refrigeration condition in a cold storage.

2)To, Provide technical guidance for scientific preservation of food stuff.

_Milk and milk product storage order (1992)-

Objectives-
1)To, Set sanitary requirements for Dairies, Machinary & Premises.

2)To, Set parameters for quality control.

3)To, Set packing, marking, labeling standard for milk & milk product and their containers.

4)The registration number of the packing unit must be written or embossed on the containers.

5)All these above rules they are set by Ministry of Agriculture and Department of animal
husbendary, Dairy, and Fisheries.

International laws

1)US-FDA- (Food and Drug administration)-

It is the main American agency for food. The other agency are US-DA. It is responsible for
Poultry, Vegetable, Fruits and Milk product.

2)Buero of Alcohol and Tobacco- It is under the Department of Commerce and regulate
Alcoholic beverages.

3)Environmental protection agency (EPA)- It ensure that safe pesticides are used in foods.

The main law in US is food drug and cosmetic act 1938.

This ensure entry of safe, pure or wholesome foods to the consumer. It also consumer
maintains of sanitary condition during processing, storage and transport.

a)I also ensure honest packaging and honest labeling of the food product.

b)It ensure that food supply should not readulterated, mislabeled, diseptive or falsely
guarentte.

_Activities of FDA –
1)It works in industries to help in interpretation of the regulation.

2)It helps industries in stabilishing control measure for product protection.