Under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the functions of the Food Analyst, including sending the…

"Section 46" of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (Functions of Food Analyst) requires the Food Analyst to check the seals on the sample, analyse it and, under Section 46(3), within fourteen days of receipt send four copies of the report to the Designated Officer (for samples taken by a Food Safety Officer) or a copy to the purchaser with a copy to the Designated Officer (for samples sent by a purchaser). Under Section 46(4), an appeal against the report lies before the Designated Officer, who may refer the matter to a referral food laboratory. The same fourteen-day duty is repeated in Section 42(2) as part of the procedure for launching prosecution. (The public analyst’s report was formerly dealt with in Section 13 of the repealed Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954.)

Section 43 deals with recognition and accreditation of laboratories, Section 45 with the appointment of Food Analysts, and Section 48 with general provisions relating to offences.