Chapter II - Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Section 11
Section 11: Central Advisory Committee
The Central Advisory Committee is established by Food Authority notification and joins named stakeholder groups with every Commissioner of Food Safety and the Scientific Committee Chairperson.
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Statutory text
Bare law
(1) The Food Authority shall, by notification, establish a Committee to be known as the Central Advisory Committee.
(2) The Central Advisory Committee shall consist of two members each to represent the interests of food industry, agriculture, consumers, relevant research bodies and food laboratories and all Commissioners of Food Safety, and the Chairperson of the Scientific Committee shall be ex officio member.
(3) The representatives of the concerned Ministries or Departments of the Central Government in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Bio-technology, Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Environment and Forests, Food Processing Industries, Health, Panchayati Raj, Small Scale Industries and Food and Public Distribution or government institutes or organisations and government recognised farmers’ shall be invitees to the deliberations of the Central Advisory Committee.
(4) The Chief Executive Officer shall be ex officio Chairperson of the Central Advisory Committee.
(5) The Central Advisory Committee shall follow such rules of procedure including its transaction of business as may be specified by regulations.
Key takeaways
Core rule
The Central Advisory Committee is established by Food Authority notification and joins named stakeholder groups with every Commissioner of Food Safety and the Scientific Committee Chairperson.
Practical check
The committee connects expert and enforcement input; its composition does not give an individual member an inspection or licensing power.
Scope and operation
Check the notification and membership list: the Act calls for two representatives each from industry, agriculture, consumers, research bodies and food laboratories. The Chief Executive Officer chairs it ex officio.
Applying the section
The committee connects expert and enforcement input; its composition does not give an individual member an inspection or licensing power.
Official sources
Read the consolidated Act with the enacted and commenced amendments applicable to this section.
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