FOOD SAFETY

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been established under Food Safety and Standards , 2006 which consolidates various acts & orders that have hitherto handled food related issues in various Ministries and Departments. FSSAI has been created for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption.

Highlights of the Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006

• Various central Acts like Prevention of Food Adulteration Act,1954,Fruit Products Order , 1955, Meat Food Products Order,1973,
• Vegetable Oil Products (Control) Order, 1947,Edible Oils Packaging (Regulation)Order 1988, Solvent Extracted Oil, De- Oiled Meal and Edible Flour (Control) Order, 1967, Milk and Milk Products Order, 1992 etc will be repealed after commencement of FSS Act, 2006.

The Act also aims to establish a single reference point for all matters relating to food safety and standards, by moving from multi- level, multi- departmental control to a single line of command. To this effect, the Act establishes an independent statutory Authority – the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India with head office at Delhi. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the State Food Safety Authorities shall enforce various provisions of the Act.

Establishment of the Authority

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India is the Administrative Ministry for the implementation of FSSAI. The Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have already been appointed by Government of India. The Chairperson is in the rank of Secretary to Government of India.

FSSAI has been mandated by the FSS Act, 2006 for performing the following functions:

• Framing of Regulations to lay down the Standards and guidelines in relation to articles of food and specifying appropriate system of enforcing various standards thus notified.
• Laying down mechanisms and guidelines for accreditation of certification bodies engaged in certification of food safety management system for food businesses.
• Laying down procedure and guidelines for accreditation of laboratories and notification of the accredited laboratories.
• To provide scientific advice and technical support to Central Government and State Governments in the matters of framing the policy and rules in areas which have a direct or indirect bearing of food safety and nutrition.
• Collect and collate data regarding food consumption, incidence and prevalence of biological risk, contaminants in food, residues of various, contaminants in foods products, identification of emerging risks and introduction of rapid alert system.
• Creating an information network across the country so that the public, consumers, Panchayats etc receive rapid, reliable and objective information about food safety and issues of concern.
• Provide training programmes for persons who are involved or intend to get involved in food businesses.
• Contribute to the development of international technical standards for food, sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards.
• Promote general awareness about food safety and food standards.

FACT-SHEET on FOOD SAFETY
Name of State: ARUNACHAL PRADESH

List of Designated Officers

(Arunachal Pradesh)

 

List of Food Safety Officers
(Arunachal Pradesh)

Districts	Food Safety Officer	Address	Contact No.	E-mail	DO Code
Tawang	Sri D.Boishnab	Directorate of Health Services Arunachal Pradesh Naharlagun. Pin-791110	0360-2244183 9436222737	dboishnab@yahoo.in	006, 010, 011, 012, 008 & 016
East Kameng
West Kameng
East Siang
Lohit
Anjaw
Upper Subansiri	Sri. Tarak Tatek	Directorate of Health Services Arunachal Pradesh Naharlagun. Pin-791110	0360-2244183 9436222985	tatek_tarak@yahoo.in	001, 002, 003, 007, 013, 015, 019, 020,021 & 22
Lower Subansiri
Papum Pare
Kurung Kumey
West Siang
Upper Siang
Kra Dadi
Siang
Lower Siang
Kamle
Tirap	Smt. Lupha Singpho	Directorate of Health Services Arunachal Pradesh Naharlagun. Pin-791110	0360-2244183 9436252456	singpholupha@yahoo.in	004, 005, 009, 014, 017 & 018
Changlang
Lower Dibang Valley
Dibang Valley
Longding
Namsai

LIST OF ADJUDICATING OFFICERS

(ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Sl.	District	Adjudicating Officers	E-mail	Contact No.
No
1	Tawang	Additional Deputy Commissioner, o/o deputy commissioner Tawang.		Off: 03794-222213
				Res:03794-22221
2	West Kameng	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03782-222023
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, West Kameng Bomdila.		Res:03782-222024
3	East Kameng	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03787-222240
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, East Kameng Seppa		Res:03787-222244
4	East Siang	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:0368-2222008
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, East Siang Pasighat.		Res:0368-2222278
5	Papum Pare	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:0360-2351205
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Capital Complex Itanagar-791111		Res:0360-2351875
6	Kurung Kumey	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03788-262283
		O/O Deputy Commissioner Koloriang		Res:03788-262255
7	Lower Subansiri	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03788-224222
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Lower Subansiri, Ziro-791120		Res:
8	Upper Subansiri	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03792-223230
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Upper Subansiri, Daporijo		Res:03792-223230
9	West Siang	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03783-222277
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, West Siang Aalo		Res:03783-222477
10	Upper Siang	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03777-222277
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Upper Siang Yinkiong		Res:03777-222233
11	Dibang Valley	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Dibang Valley, Anini		Res:
12	Lower Dibang Valley	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03803-222227
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Lower Dibang Valley Roing		Res:03803-222513
13	Anjaw	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03805-276201
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Anjaw Hawai.		Res:03805-276202
14	Lohit	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03804-222267
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Lohit Tezu		Res:
15	Chanlang	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03808-222230
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Changlang.		Res:03808-222417
16	Tirap	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:03786-222291
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Tirap Khonsa.		Res:03786-222354
17	Longding	Additional Deputy Commissioner		Off:
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Longding.		Res:
18	Namsai	Additional Deputy Commissioner
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Namsai.
19	Kra Dadi	Additional Deputy Commissioner		New district
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Jamin.
20	Siang	Additional Deputy Commissioner		New district
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Pangin
21	Lower Siang	Additional Deputy Commissioner		New district
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Raga
22	Kamle	Additional Deputy Commissioner		New district
		O/O Deputy Commissioner,

ANNUAL REPORT ON FBO OF THE STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH
W.E.F. 1ST APRIL 2017 TO 31ST MARCH 2018
STATE:-ARUNACHAL PRADESH

 

Sl No.	Category of Food Business Operator	Number of Licenses				Number of Registration
		Till 31.03.2017	Granted(from 01.04.2017 to 31.03.2018 )	Cancelled	Total	Till 31.03.2017	Granted(from 01.04.2017 to 31.03.2018 )	Cancelled	Total
1	Manufacturing/Processing including sorting, grading etc.	97	14	2	109	6	4	1	9
2	Milk Collection/chilling	3	3	0	3	0
3	Slaughter House	4	0	2	2	1	0	0	1
4	Solvent extracting unit
5	Solvent extracting plant equipped with pre cleaning of oil seeds or pre expelling of oil
6	Solvent extracting and oil refining plant
7	Packaging	1	0	1		1	0	1
8	Relabeling(manufactured by third party under own packing and labelling)
9	Importing
10	Storage/warehouse/	1	1	0	2	0	33	0	33
11	Retail Trade	609	448	101	956	3143	1000	315	3828
12	Wholesale Trade	240	32	10	262	1	56	0	57
13	Distributor/Supplier	49	10	2	57	0	7	0	7
14	Transporter of Food
15	Catering	6	3	1	8	0
16	Dhabha or any other food vending establishment	16	4	6	14	8	6	2	12
17	Club/canteen	35	11	20	26	11	4	7	8
18	Hotel	180	50	31	199	204	60	18	246
19	Restaurants	234	100	34	300	192	50	11	231
20	Other(s)	101	50	35	116	2056	402	51	2407
	TOTAL	1573	726	245	2054	5623	1622	406	6839

Grand Total: 8893

ADJUDICATING OFFICERS AND NUMBER OF CASE FILED BEFORE THEM,
DECIDED AND CURRENT PENDENCY STATUS.

Sl.No	District	Adjudicating Officers	No. Of cases filed	decided	Current Pendency status
1	Tawang	Additional Deputy Commissioner, O/O Deputy Commissioner Tawang.			2
2	West Kameng	Additional Deputy Commissioner	1		1
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, West Kameng Bomdila.
3	East Kameng	Additional Deputy Commissioner
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, East Kameng Seppa
4	East Siang	Additional Deputy Commissioner			2
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, East Siang Pasighat.
5	Papum Pare	Additional Deputy Commissioner		2	2
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Capital Complex Itanagar-791111
6	Kurung Kumey	Additional Deputy Commissioner
		O/O Deputy Commissioner Koloriang
7	Lower Subansiri	Additional Deputy Commissioner	1		3
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Lower Subansiri, Ziro-791120
8	Upper Subansiri	Additional Deputy Commissioner
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Upper Subansiri, Daporijo
9	West Siang	Additional Deputy Commissioner
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, West Siang Aalo
10	Upper Siang	Additional Deputy Commissioner
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Upper Siang Yinkiong
11	Dibang Valley	Additional Deputy Commissioner
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Dibang Valley, Anini
12	Lower Dibang Valley	Additional Deputy Commissioner	1		1
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Lower Dibang Valley Roing
13	Anjaw	Additional Deputy Commissioner
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Anjaw Hawai.
14	Lohit	Additional Deputy Commissioner			8
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Lohit Tezu
15	Chanlang	Additional Deputy Commissioner	–	–	–
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Changlang.
16	Tirap	Additional Deputy Commissioner	2	–	5
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Tirap Khonsa.
17	Longding	Additional Deputy Commissioner	–	–	–
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Longding.
18	Namsai	Additional Deputy Commissioner	02	1	2
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Namsai.
19	Kra Dadi	Additional Deputy Commissioner	–	–	–
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Jamin
20	Siang	Additional Deputy Commissioner	–	–	–
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Panging
21	Lower Siang	Additional Deputy Commissioner	–	–	–
		O/O Deputy Commissioner
22	Kamle	Additional Deputy Commissioner	–	–	–
		O/O Deputy Commissioner, Raga