The Haryana government has created a new Department known as the Department of Food and Drugs Administra-tion to ensure the supply of quality drugs, cosmetic and food stuffs to the consumers at reasonable prices and also safe guard the public from misleading advertisements of drugs and drug abuse. While stating this here today, Rakesh Gupta, Commissioner, Food and Safety said that the Haryana government would implement the provisions of the new Food Safety and Standards Act in letter and spirit so that the people could get safe food and quality drugs. He said that the Act provided penalties of up to Rs 10 lakh for sale of sub standard and misbranded food stuffs and fine upto Rs five lakh with six years imprisonment for non-grievous injury due to the consumption of unsafe food by consumers and in case of death occurring due to consumption of unsafe food, penalties of not less than Rs 10 lakh with imprisonment of not less than seven years, which may be extended to life imprisonment, would be imposed. He said that the state government has appointed District Food Safety Officers by redesignating government food inspectors who were earlier enforcing provisions of the Food Adulteration Act and the officials so appointed would soon be trained to implement the new Act in right earnest. The government had also notified the Additional Deputy Commissioner in the districts of the state who would act as adjudicating officers in their respective districts. All the Civil Surgeons in the state had been appointed as Designated Officers in their respective districts for a period of one year or till the time qualified officer was appointed, whichever was earlier.
Source:the financialworld.com
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