(a) whether complaints of adulteration in food items during festival season are rising every year in the country;
(b) if so, the number of such complaints reported to the Government during the last three years along with the action taken thereon, State-wise; and
(c) the steps being taken by the Government to check incidents of adulteration in food items?
MINISTER OF STATE
CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)
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(a) to (c): The implementation and enforcement of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 primarily rests with the State/UT Governments.
Cases of adulteration in food products have come to the notice of FSSAI and accordingly the Commissioners of Food Safety throughout the country have been repeatedly urged to take up strict enforcement of standards.
As per the information received from States/UTs, the details of Food samples collected, tested, found not conforming and action taken during the last three years is at Annexure I, II & III.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India also regularly follows up with the State authorities, intermittent communications and interactions during the meetings of the Central Advisory Committee (which comprise of the Commissioner of Food Safety of all states and UTs) for effective implementation of the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder.
Regular surveillance, monitoring and inspection are undertaken by State/UT Governments under FSS Act, 2006 to check compliance of the related Rules and Regulations. Steps for increasing awareness among the general public are also taken by FSSAI.
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Annexure-I
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Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report (2013-2014)
Sr. No. Name of the State/U.T. Total No. of samples taken No. of Samples Analysed No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded No. of Cases Launched No. of Convictions/ Penalties
Criminal Civil Convictions Penalties/ Amount raised in Rupees
1. A & N Islands 1 1 Nil Nil Nil 18/ Rs. 14,500
2. Andhra Pradesh 4038 4038 716 471 200 Rs. 39,94,385
3. Arunachal Pradesh 213 213 9
4. Assam 435 435 53 26 Nil Nil
5. Bihar 1189 1103 121 19 71 Nil 14/ Rs. 2,26,000
6. Chandigarh 146 146 9 5 6 Nil 3
7. Chhattisgarh 294 294 112 56 Nil 7/ Rs. 3,49,000
8. Dadra & N.H. 6 6 3 Nil 3 3 Nil
9. Daman & Diu 40 40 0 0 0 0 0
10. Delhi 1187 1187 118 69 NA Rs. 15,73,000
11. Goa 704 696 37 6 7 2 Rs. 27,000
12. Gujarat 11111 10495 900 56 341 16 12/ Rs. 1,90,000
13. Haryana
2101 2101 293 37 223 37 129/ Rs.26,61,800
14. Himachal Pradesh 804 794 164 13 85 11 36/ Rs 1782500
15. Jammu & Kashmir 3109 2851 682 15 526 353 Rs. 2,76,600
16. Jharkhand 1075 725 144 99 8 Rs 22,07,000
17. Karnataka 2224 2153 133 59 3 72
18. Kerala 682 664 138 704 0 0 810/
Rs. 55,35,000
19. Lakshadweep
20. Madhya Pradesh 4743 4599 1433 233 603 3 133/
Rs. 29,32,000
21. Maharashtra 7677 7516 1523 1172 1385 49 17/Rs. 41,76,500
22. Manipur
23. Meghalaya 17 14 7 6
24. Mizoram No lab
25. Nagaland 66 66 21 0 0 0 0
26. Orissa
27. Puducherry 4741 4741 319
28. Punjab 6227 5884 771 203 3 77
29. Rajasthan 6375 6375 1160 436 112/ Rs.15,50,000
30. Sikkim
31. Tamil Nadu 707 658 261 8 40 16 Rs. 6,59,800
32. Tripura
33. Uttar Pradesh 11579 13554 4275 2930 409 1510/
Rs.4,47,84, 400
34. Uttarakhand 1503 851 169 5 117 Rs. 5,06,489
35. West Bengal
Total: 72,994 72,200 13,571 3105 7130 913 2950/
Rs. 7,34,45,974
Annexure-II
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Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2014-2015
Sr. No. Name of the State/ U.T. Total No. of samples received No. of Samples Analysed No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded No. of Cases Launched No. of Convictions/ Penalties
Criminal Civil Convictions Penalties/
Amount raised in Rupees
1. A & N Islands 17 16 4 0 0 0 14/ Rs.4,55,000
2. Andhra Pradesh 2788 2788 290 338 78 0 Rs.51,63,020
3. Arunachal Pradesh 292 258 29 2 14 7
4. Assam 595 595 74 28 32 8 Rs. 70,000
5. Bihar 1763 1320 7 16 5/ Rs. 38,000
6. Chandigarh 102 102 5 5 Rs. 1,50,000
7. Chhattisgarh 540 540 195 0 0 0 17
8. Dadra & N.H 9 2 Samples are analysed by Gujarat State Laboratory
9. Daman & Diu 65 65 3 3 3/ Rs.30,000
10. Delhi 1484 1484 151
11. Goa 798 800 81 1 4 4 Rs. 4,35,000
12. Gujarat 11981 11700 1243 37 464 30 178/Rs.56,13,500
13. Haryana* 2261 2261 222 14 247 6 34,59,808
14. Himachal Pradesh 796 725 461 34 42 18 Rs.8,88,500
15. Jammu & Kashmir 2592 2462 621 17 401 243 Rs.19,76,600
16. Jharkhand 716 509 112 41 24
17. Karnataka 2154 2107 311 56 42
18. Kerala 3085 2735 464 41 161 0 280/ Rs.72,39,700
19. Lakshadweep
20. Madhya Pradesh 9532 9131 1412 127 716 418 418/ Rs.43,28,000
21. Maharashtra 8663 6985 1162 869 1426 75 Rs.1,65,41,499
22. Manipur
23. Meghalaya 47 34 4 0 4 2 1/ Rs.10,000
24. Mizoram
25. Nagaland 83 83 11 0 0 0 0
26. Odisha 544 544 112 0 1 1
27. Puducherry 1946 1946 39 0 0 0 0
28. Punjab 8053 7860 1458 846 82
29. Rajasthan* 3132 3031 747 158 222 116 Rs. 8,45,500
30. Sikkim
31. Tamil Nadu 2939 2873 1047 64 486 203 Rs.34,99,700
32. Telangana 363 312 32 4 24 11 10/ Rs.17,57,100
33. Tripura 933 933 2 0 0 0 0
34. Uttar Pradesh 14173 9605 4119 3489 186 1738/
Rs.5,98,08,106
35. Uttarakhand 1971 1356 233 5 117 0 80/Rs.5,06,489
36. West Bengal 120 120 65 0 17 0 1/Rs. 30, 000
Total: 83265 74010 14599 2681 7855 1402 2795/
Rs 11 28,45,522
Annexure-III
STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3337 FOR 06.12.2016 REGARDING COMPLAINTS OF ADULTERATION.
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Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2015-2016
Sr. No Name of the State/ U.T. Total No. of samples received No. of Samples Analysed No. of Samples found adulterated and Misbranded No. of Cases Launched No. of Convictions/ Penalties
Criminal Civil Convictions Penalties/
Amount raised in Rupees
1. A & N Islands 156 156 25 0 0 0 Rs. 2,71,000
2. Andhra Pradesh 4860 4860 870 194 347 4 83/ Rs. 52,15,000
3. Arunachal Pradesh 290 290 30 0 28 0 5/ Rs. 15,000
4. Assam 503 503 72 10 80 2 4
5. Bihar 2032 1447 35 0 93 0 4/ RS. 20,000
6. Chandigarh 206 206 15 15 0 Rs. 10,52,000
7. Chhattisgarh 1026 1026 298 3 17 0 Rs. 85,000
8. Dadra & N.H 65 65 5 0 2 0 0
9. Daman & Diu 106 106 11 0 11 0 0
10. Delhi 1472 1472 239 149 0 0 Rs. 44,82,500
11. Goa 1132 1155 72 0 4 1 1/ Rs. 5,000
12. Gujarat 15115 14891 1242 30 507 1 182/ Rs. 1,90,05,906
13. Haryana 2121 2063 180 7 149 0 111/ Rs. 27,43,600
14. Himachal Pradesh 415 390 53 22 12 25 Rs. 9,50,000
15. Jammu & Kashmir* 1354 1215 334 1 335 215 Rs. 22,14,400
16. Jharkhand
17. Karnataka 2894 2340 433 58 0 Rs. 4,36,000
18. Kerala 2364 2196 459 138 246 17 44 / Rs. 66,33,500
19. Lakshadweep 0
20. Madhya Pradesh 10035 9994 1311 82 879 36 447/ Rs. 4,48,26,000
21. Maharashtra 2019 1400 345 396 85 Rs. 12,25,500
22. Manipur 67 67 0 0 8 8 8/ Rs. 1,64,000
23. Meghalaya 124 87 4 0 0 0 0
24. Mizoram 24 17 4 0 0 0 0
25. Nagaland 187 187 76 32 20 20/ Rs. 10,000
26. Odisha 211 211 61 2 1
27. Puducherry 827 827 11 0 1 0 1/ Rs. 5,000
28. Punjab
29. Rajasthan
30. Sikkim 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
31. Tamil Nadu 1742 1783 607 107 308 23 202/ Rs. 58,90,800
32. Telangana
33. Tripura 814 814 17 5 0 Rs. 2,750
34. Uttar Pradesh 17726 14833 7189 506 4864 164 2370/ Rs. 11,51,20,480
35. Uttarakhand 1073 1073 183 10 95 0 Rs. 15,35,000
36. West Bengal 154 154 102 1 13 0 0
Total: 71,119 65,833 14,283 1,656 8196 516 3,483/ Rs. 21,19,08,436