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Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2011

These rules set out how the Act is enforced in practice: who the officers are, how laboratories are notified, and how adjudication and appeals proceed.

In force Rules, 2011

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What it covers

Rules made under the FSS Act, 2006 on the enforcement structure and procedures: the qualifications and duties of enforcement officers such as the Commissioner of Food Safety, and procedures for matters such as notified and referral laboratories, adjudication and the Food Safety Appellate Tribunal.

Duties on businesses

  • Comply with the enforcement procedures set out under these rules alongside the Act and regulations.

Rights for consumers

  • Benefit indirectly from the enforcement machinery and the notified and referral laboratory system these rules define.

Authorities

  • FSSAI
  • Commissioners of Food Safety of States/UTs
  • Designated Officers and Adjudicating Officers

How to complain under this law

Procedural; complaints about specific food issues go through FSSAI's consumer channels or your state food safety department, not through this rules document directly.

Official text: https://fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/FSS_Gazete_Rules_2011%20comendium.pdf (opens in a new tab)