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GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO.2032
TO BE ANSWERED ON10thMARCH, 2026
QUALITYCONTROLOFFOOD PRODUCTS IN THE COUNTRY
2032 # SHRI MITHLESH KUMAR:
SHRI KESRIDEVSINH JHALA:
SHRI NARAYANAKORAGAPPA:
SHRI NARHARI AMIN:
SHRI RYAGAKRISHNAIAH:
SHRI MADAN RATHORE:
SHRI CHUNNILALGARASIYA:
SHRI AMAR PALMAURYA:
SHRI BABURAM NISHAD:
Will the Ministerof HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFAREbe pleased tostate:
(a) the number of food samples checked by FSSAI for quality checking during the last three
years, year-wise and State-wise including Tier 2 cities of Maharashtra;
(b) the total number of Risk-based inspections carried out by FSSAI in order to enhance the
regulatory compliance for last three years; and
(c) the action taken against Food Business Operators (FBO) where compliance is not as per the
Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 including the State of Maharashtra?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE
(SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a) to(c): FoodSafety andStandards Authority of India (FSSAI)is mandatedto laydown 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. The
implementation and enforcement of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 is a shared
responsibility betweenthe Central andStateGovernments.While the FSSAI, is responsible for laying down science-based standards and ensuring
overall coordination, the State Food Safety Authorities are primarily responsible for enforcement
at the field level. Designated officers (DOs) and Food Safety Officers (FSOs) under the
Commissioner of Food safety in the States/UTs are entrusted with the responsibility of enforcing
the provisions of FSS Act, 2006. The number of food samples checked by FSSAI for quality
checking during the last three years, year-wise and State-wise including Maharashtra is attached
at Annexure.Further,the detailsof Risk based inspectionscarriedout isgivenbelow-
FinancialYear TotalRiskbasedInspectionconducted
2022-23 11904
2023-24 18098
2024-25 26267
If any deviations/violations from the standards of the FSSR are observed, the defaulting
Food Business Operators (FBOs) have been subjected to regulatory actions, including punitive
measures, asstipulatedunderthe FSS,Act 2006andrulesandregulationsmade thereunder.
*****Annexure
DetailsofEnforcement DetailsofEnforcement DetailsofEnforcement
(2024-2025) (2023-2024) (2022-2023)
Civil Criminal Civil Criminal Civil Criminal
No.of Cases Cases No.of Cases Cases No.of Cases Cases
S. Sampl Decid Sampl Decid Sampl Decid
N State/UT es ed No.of es ed No.of es ed No.of
o. Analys with Convicti Analys with Convicti Analys with Convicti
ed Penalt ons ed Penalt ons ed Penalt ons
y y y
Andaman
And
1 810 0 0 0 0 0 1200 58 0
Nicobar
Islands
Andhra
2 5984 464 8 6439 646 8 3607 339 12
Pradesh
Arunachal
3 125 7 0 501 2 0 258 0 0
Pradesh
4 Assam 1705 0 0 1139 0 0 602 0 0
5 Bihar 2863 25 0 2806 79 0 2935 39 0
Chandigar
6 374 116 41 311 87 52 473 27 8
h
Chhattisga
7 2069 143 6 1373 86 2 1468 119 8
rh
Dadraand
Nagar
8 Haveli& 56 0 0 185 0 0 164 13 0
Daman&
Diu
9 Delhi 2624 18 16 3412 36 12 3133 86 10
10 Goa 1172 11 0 599 17 0 699 11 0
11 Gujarat 12387 859 91 15841 1701 65 14562 547 24
12 Haryana 2233 599 59 3485 593 47 4445 915 35
Himachal
13 1587 471 0 1618 376 2 2720 93 1
Pradesh
Jammu&
14 6955 1,239 29 9057 1612 22 13502 1592 15
Kashmir
15 Jharkhand 364 52 0 384 59 0 943 44 8
16 Karnataka 9371 283 32 5492 75 16 3416 191 15
17 Kerala 10767 1,088 206 10792 854 134 8533 454 33
18 Ladakh 417 38 0 638 19 0 220 23 0
Lakshadw
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
eep
Madhya
20 13920 2,597 22 13998 1938 46 12507 1908 71
Pradesh
Maharasht
21 5403 1,147 0 5087 154 0 11077 198 5
ra
22 Manipur 126 2 0 168 0 0 169 0 0
Meghalay
23 388 0 0 123 0 0 409 0 0
a
24 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0
25 Nagaland 223 0 0 138 3 0 109 0 0
26 Orissa 2282 27 0 2003 0 0 1368 47 0
Puducherr
27 173 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0
y
28 Punjab 4131 333 8 6041 1204 102 8179 1404 529 Rajasthan 13840 3,114 30 18536 2181 12 13184 2435 4
30 Sikkim 254 0 0 231 0 0 279 4 0
Tamil
31 18071 1,536 492 18146 2195 478 24188 3714 678
Nadu
32 Telangana 3347 125 0 6156 425 0 4809 315 0
33 Tripura 123 0 0 87 0 0 31 0 0
Uttar
34 30380 14,920 215 27750 14627 163 30140 13148 251
Pradesh
Uttarakha
35 1509 256 4 1998 332 0 1839 507 5
nd
West
36 14502 672 6 5948 285 0 6203 233 0
Bengal
Total 170535 30142 1265 170513 29586 1161 177511 28464 1188