{"id":10998,"date":"2020-06-18T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T09:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/?p=10998"},"modified":"2020-06-18T15:53:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T10:23:13","slug":"penalties-under-fssai-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/penalties-under-fssai-act\/","title":{"rendered":"A Detailed Guide on Penalties under FSSAI Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">There are various prescribed <strong><em>offenses and penalties under FSSAI Act<\/em><\/strong>. FSSAI lays down several rules and regulations under FSSAI Act for the food business operators to follow the guidelines. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of FSSAI to handle food-related issues with ease. Not only acquiring <a href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/fssai-license\"><strong>FSSAI food license<\/strong><\/a> and FSSAI food registration is enough, but food business operators should mandatorily follow the set of compliances laid out by the <strong><em>apex food regulatory body, FSSAI.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fundamental reason behind the establishment of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(generally regarded as FSSAI) under the <em><strong>Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006<\/strong><\/em><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/fssai.gov.in\/cms\/food-safety-and-standards-act-2006.php\"><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/sup><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>was to monitor and look after the manufacture, sale, storage, distribution, as well as the import of articles of food and to ensure that the wholesome food is safe for human consumption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, FSSAI defined a number of offenses and penalties under FSSAI Act for those food business owners or operators who won&#8217;t be complying with <strong><em>FSSAI Act guidelines.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-left\"><b>Read our article<\/b>:<mark style=\"background: #fffd03 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/is-fssai-registration-is-mandatory\/\">Who needs FSSAI Registration? Is FSSAI Registration Mandatory?\n<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Penalties under FSSAI Act for Offences by\nDifferent Forms of Companies <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The FSSAI Act has clearly directed the penalties under FSSAI Act for offenses made by One Person Company, Private Limited Company, or Limited Company. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-118.png\" alt=\"Penalties under FSSAI Act\" class=\"wp-image-11000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-118.png 565w, https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-118-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If\na company has committed an <strong><em>offense under FSSAI Act<\/em><\/strong>, during the\noffense, all the people who were responsible to or who were handling the charge\nof the company, responsible for overseeing the company&#8217;s business along with\nthe company would be considered guilty must get proceeded against and get the <strong><em>duly\npunishment<\/em><\/strong>. <\/li><li>If\na company has multiple branches or establishments or different units in any\nbranch or establishment, then the <strong><em>concerned head<\/em><\/strong> of such branch or\nestablishment looking after the food safety, chosen by the company, must be\nlegally responsible for branch, unit, or establishment. <\/li><li>If\na company has committed an offense and by any means, if it gets proved that the\nreason behind the commitment of the offense is the <strong><em>negligence of Manager, Director,\nsecretary<\/em><\/strong> or rest of the <strong><em>officers<\/em><\/strong> that are working for the\ncompany and these people have given their nod for the commitment of offense\neither deliberately or non-deliberately, then such Manager, Director, or other\nofficial people would be considered as guilty for such an offense and would\nreceive the punishment as well.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Penalties under FSSAI Act for Misbranded and\nSub-Standard Food<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If any person either himself or by another\nperson on his behalf is involved in manufacturing, storing, selling,\ndistributing, as well as importing any <strong><em>misbranded food for human consumption<\/em><\/strong>,\nhe would have to pay a <strong><em>penalty<\/em><\/strong> which may reach up to the <strong><em>Rs\nthree lakh. <\/em><\/strong><\/li><li>&nbsp;The\nperson found guilty of committing an offense under this section would get\nissued a direction from the <strong><em>office of Adjudicating Officer<\/em><\/strong> in\norder to follow required corrective measures to bring correction in the\nmistakes, or such food material must get destroyed.<\/li><li>If any person either himself or by another\nperson on his behalf is into manufacture for sale or distribution or stores or\nimports of <strong><em>food material sub-standard in nature for consumption <\/em><\/strong>by a human,\nhe will be liable to a penalty which may reach up to <strong><em>Rs five lakh.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Punishment Regarding Unsafe Food<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>If any person either himself or\nby another person on his behalf manufactures for the purpose of selling,\nstoring, distributing or importing food articles or items for human consumption\nwhich is not safe, then such a person shall be punishable- <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If\nhis failure or non-compliance with the rules <strong><em>does not cause any injury<\/em><\/strong>,\nhe may get imprisoned for six<strong><em> months duration<\/em><\/strong>, and fines imposed\non him may extend to <strong><em>Rs one lakh.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li>If\nhis failure or non-compliance with the rules leads to a <strong><em>grievous injury<\/em><\/strong>, he may\nget imprisoned for <strong><em>six years duration<\/em><\/strong>, and fines imposed on him may extend to <strong><em>Rs\nfive lakh<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li><li>If\nhis failure or non-compliance with the rules causes an <strong><em>injury of non-grievous nature<\/em><\/strong>,\nhe may get imprisoned for a period of up to <strong><em>one year,<\/em><\/strong> and fines\nimposed on him may extend to <strong><em>Rs three lakh.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li>If\nhis failure or non-compliance leads to <strong><em>death<\/em><\/strong>, he shall get imprisoned for a\nperiod of up to <strong><em>seven years,<\/em><\/strong> and fines imposed on him won&#8217;t be less than <strong><em>Rs\nten lakh.<\/em><\/strong> Also, his <strong><em>imprisonment<\/em><\/strong> may get extended for a <strong><em>lifetime<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Penalties\nunder FSSAI Act for Running a Food Business without FSSAI License<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If any person or FBO (except\nthose who got an exemption from licensing under Section 31(2) of FSSAI Act),\neither himself or by another person on his behalf, who is in need of acquiring\nthe license, sells, manufactures, distributes or imports or stores any food\narticle without a license or in a different way we can say <strong><em>carrying business without FSSAI\nlicense<\/em><\/strong>, shall get imprisoned for a duration up to <strong><em>six months<\/em><\/strong> along with a\nfine which may touch the figure of <strong><em>Rs five lakh.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Penalties under FSSAI Act for Unhygienic Processing or Manufacturing of Food and Food Containing Extrinsic Matter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If\nany person either himself or by another person on his behalf processes or\nmanufactures any foodstuff for human consumption under an <strong><em>unhygienic environment<\/em><\/strong>,\nthen he would have to pay the Penalty that may extend to <strong><em>Rs one lakh.<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li>&nbsp;If any person either himself or by another\nperson on his behalf manufactures with the intent to sell, store or distribute\nor import any food article containing <strong><em>extraneous matter<\/em><\/strong> for consumption by\na human, then Penalty of up to <strong><em>Rs one lakh<\/em><\/strong> might get imposed on\nhim.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Penalties under FSSAI Act for Selling Food\nwithout Meeting the Buyer Demand for Quality or Substance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If\na person or a food business operator is selling food to the purchaser without\ncomplying with the FSSAI Act provisions or the guidelines prescribed in the\nAct, or <strong><em>without meeting the requirements of the purchaser for substance or\nquality of food<\/em><\/strong>, then the penalty imposed on him won&#8217;t be exceeding <strong><em>Rs.\nFive lakh. <\/em><\/strong><\/li><li>Also,\nthose people who got covered under <strong><em>Section 31- subsection 2<\/em><\/strong> for such\nnon-compliance shall be liable to a penalty not more than <strong><em>Rs. Twenty Five Thousand<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bottom Line <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s mandatory for all the FBOs to adhere to the <strong><em>FSSAI Act guidelines<\/em><\/strong> in order to avoid the burden of <strong><em>penalties under FSSAI Act<\/em><\/strong>. In addition to this, they should have access to detailed knowledge regarding the offenses and penalties. At <em><a href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/\"><strong>Corpbiz<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, we always find bliss in assisting our clients by helping them obtain an <strong><em>FSSAI food business license<\/em><\/strong> and also guide them in many ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-left\"><b>Read our article<\/b>:<mark style=\"background: #fffd03 !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/enforcement-of-the-fss-act\/\">Enforcement of the FSS ACT \u2013 An Overview\n<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are various prescribed offenses and penalties under FSSAI Act. FSSAI lays down several rules and regulations under FSSAI Act for the food business operators to follow the guidelines. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of FSSAI to handle food-related issues with ease. Not only acquiring FSSAI food license and FSSAI food registration is enough, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":11006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[150],"tags":[676],"acf":{"service_id":"318"},"authorName":"Margesh Rai","authorImageUrl":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Margesh.png","authorDescription":"With 10+ years of creative writing experience and 500+ blogs and thought leadership articles to his credit, Margesh Rai has left a significant impact in the field of content marketing. A published author and poet, Margesh Rai has experience writing for 20+ segments, such as Legal, Fintech, SAAS, Dairy, Real Estate, Hospitality, Recruitment, Sustainability, etc.","postViews":7090,"readingTime":4,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10998"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11025,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10998\/revisions\/11025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}