Under section 37(1) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, Food Safety Officers for local areas…

Section 37(1) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 provides that the Commissioner of Food Safety shall, by notification, appoint persons having the qualifications prescribed by the Central Government as Food Safety Officers for such local areas as he may assign to them. (Food Safety Officers replace the Food Inspectors formerly appointed under s.9 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954.) The Central Government only prescribes the qualifications, and under s.37(2) the State Government may authorise a qualified officer of the State Government to perform the functions of a Food Safety Officer. Neither "The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India" nor "The District Magistrate" appoints Food Safety Officers. Hence "The Commissioner of Food Safety".