FSSAI was established with the aim of laying down standards for food business operators. The business can be manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, transportation, retail business, etc. It covers all types of food articles where FBOs must obtain registration/ license from FSSAI as per the nature of their business.
This article describes various penalties as provided in the FSSAI Act.
Type of offense
Penalty imposed
Selling food, not of nature or substance or quality demanded by the purchaser.
Up to five lakh rupees.
Sub-standard food
Misbranded food
Up to three lakh rupees.
Misleading advertisement
Up to ten lakh rupees.
Food containing extraneous matter
Up to one lakh rupees.
Failure to comply with the directions of the food safety officer
Up to two lakh rupees.
Unhygienic or unsanitary processing or manufacturing of food
Possessing adulterant
Maximum to ten lakh rupees.
Unsafe food
Interfering with seized items
Imprisonment- can extend up to six months, and
Fine- up to two lakh rupees
False information in any document known to be false or misleading
Imprisonment- may extend to three months, and
Obstructing or impersonating a Food Safety Officer.
Fine- up to one lakh rupees
Continuing business without a license
Imprisonment- may extend to six months, and
Fine- up to five lakh rupees
Subsequent offenses- where a person is previously convicted of an offense and is convicted of the same offense
Contravention of bylaws where import of food product is involved (along with the penalties imposed under any other Act)
Contraventions for which no specific penalty is provided
May extend to two lakh rupees.