The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on 23rd August, 2006, and is hereby published for general information.
It is an act to consolidate the laws relating to food and to establish the Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.