The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
100. Amendments to
the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of
Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992. –
As from the notified
day, the provisions of the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant
Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 (herein
referred to as the principal Act) shall apply subject to the following
amendments, namely:-
a.
throughout
the principal Act, any reference to "the Prevention of the Food
Adulteration Act, 1954" shall be substituted by reference to "the
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006";
b.
in
section 12 of the principal Act, the reference to "any Food Inspector
appointed under section 9 of the Prevention of the Food Adulteration Act,
1954" shall be substituted by reference to "any Food Safety Officer
appointed under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006";
c.
throughout
the principal Act, any reference to "Food Inspector" shall be
substituted by the expression "the Food Safety Officer"; and
d.
in
section 21 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), the reference to clause
(a) shall be substituted by the following, namely:-"
i.
the
Designated Officer or the Food Safety Officer directed under sub-section (5) of
section 42 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006; or ".