Under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the power of the Adjudicating Officer or the court to…
Under "Section 65" of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (Compensation in case of injury or death of consumer), the Adjudicating Officer or the court may direct a…
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Under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the power of the Adjudicating Officer or the court to order forfeiture of establishment and property in case of grievous injury or death of a consumer is contained in:
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Under "Section 65" of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (Compensation in case of injury or death of consumer), the Adjudicating Officer or the court may direct a person whose food causes injury or death to a consumer to pay compensation (not less than five lakh rupees in case of death), and under Section 65(3)(a) may also order cancellation of licence, re-call of food from the market, and forfeiture of establishment and property in case of grievous injury or death of the consumer; in other cases it may issue prohibition orders. (Forfeiture of the article of food on conviction was formerly provided by Section 18 of the repealed Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954.)
Section 64 deals with subsequent offences (twice the punishment, a daily fine for a continuing offence and cancellation of licence, but not forfeiture), Section 66 with offences by companies, and Section 69 with the compounding of offences.