The Food Safety and Standards Act

General provisions relating to offences

General provisions relating to penalty

Penalty for selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded

Penalty for sub-standard food

Penalty for misbranded food

Penalty for misleading advertisement

Penalty for food containing extraneous matter

Penalty for failure to comply with the directions of Food Safety Officer

Penalty for unhygienic or unsanitary processing or manufacturing of food

Penalty for possessing adulterant

Penalty for contraventions for which no specific penalty is provided

Punishment for unsafe food

Punishment for interfering with seized items

Punishment for false information

Punishment for obstructing or impersonating a Food Safety Officer

Punishment for carrying out a business without licence

Punishment for subsequent offences

Compensation in case of injury or death of consumer

Offences by companies

Penalty for contravention of provisions of this Act in case of import of articles of food to be in  addition to penalties provided under any other Act


OFFENCES AND PENALTIES


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.

LAWGIST

# 62 Punishment for obstructing or impersonating a Food Safety Officer