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General food laws and food safety regulations sheet
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Explain the general food laws and food safety regulations in India.

How to lay out the answer. Follow the frame, then write it in your own words.

  1. 1 · Open in two lines. Food laws are rules made by government to keep food safe and honestly sold. In India the FSS Act 2006 is now the single food law.
  2. 2 · Need for food laws.
    • Protect public health.
    • Prevent adulteration and fraud.
    • Ensure honest labelling.
    • Keep trade fair, with uniform standards.
  3. 3 · Levels of food law. International (Codex, WTO SPS and TBT), regional (EU General Food Law), national (FSS Act), state and district officers.
  4. 4 · Draw the timeline. [Flow: PFA 1954, FPO 1955, MFPO 1973, MMPO 1992, oil orders → FSS Act 2006 → FSSAI → FSS Regulations 2011]
  5. 5 · Principles. Science and risk analysis, precaution, transparency, consumer protection, FBO responsibility with traceability and recall, graded penalties.
  6. 6 · Key terms. Food, FBO, unsafe, sub-standard, misbranded, contaminant: one line each.
  7. 7 · Kitchen link. Every hotel, bakery and hospital kitchen must register or hold a licence and follow hygiene and labelling rules.
  8. 8 · Close in one line. One science-based law now protects Indian consumers from farm to fork.

Scoring tip: The timeline from many laws to one Act is the heart of this answer, so draw it. Do not quote penalty amounts or licence fees; they change.