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 any person or food business
operator (except the persons exempted from licensing under sub-section (2) of section 31 of this Act),
himself or by any person on his behalf who is required to obtain licence, manufacturers, sells, stores or
distributes or imports any article of food without licence, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to six months and also with a fine which may extend to five lakh rupees.

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# 63 Punishment for carrying out a business without licence