LPT-0159
QUESTION
On the daily basis, M/s. ABC Foods Ltd. is engaged in preparation, packaging and retailing dairy products. As a package of practise, the company routinely undertake fumigation of the premises using approved chemicals. In May 2019 the food safety officer during routinely inspection and laboratory analysis found that the paneer sample contained traces of insecticides in excess of permitted limits. State the most appropriate acts prevalent in the Country/ State under which legal action can be initiated against the company:
(a) The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954)
(b) The Food Safety and Std. Act, 2006
(c) The Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968)
(d) The Drug and Cosmetics act, (1940)
OPTIONS
(A) Only b
(B) Only a and b
(C) Only b and c
(D) All of the above
ANSWER
(C) Only b and c
EXPLANATION
Excess insecticide residue in paneer is actionable under the Food Safety and Standards Act because the food exceeds permitted contaminant limits, and the use or misuse of insecticides also falls within the regulatory scope of the Insecticides Act. The repealed PFA framework is not the primary current law for a 2019 event, and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act is not the applicable food-residue statute. Hence, option (C) is correct.