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PART IV

Private Advertisements and Miscellaneous

Notifications

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FOOD

SAFETY, KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

ESTT.-CFS—IMPLEMENTATION OF FSS ACT 2006, NOTIFICATION

OF REGISTERING AUTHORITY UNDER FOOD SAFETY AND

STANDARDS ACT (LICENSING AND REGISTRATION

OF FOOD BUSINESS) REGULATION 2011.

ORDER

No. A-2714/11/CFS.

25th October 2011.

In exercise of the powers conferred under Section

31(2) of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 and

Regulation 1.2.1 (5) of Food Safety and Standards

(Licensing and Registration of Food Business) Regulation

2011, the Commissioner of Food Safety hereby appoint

Food Safety Officers notified under Section 37 of Food

Safety and Standards Act 2006 as Registering Authority

for such Local area as specified in that notification.

DR. S. RAVEENDRAN, I.A.S.,

Commissioner of Food Safety.

Explanatory Note

This does not form part of the notification, but is

intended to indicate its General purport.

Section 31 of Food Safety and Standards Act reads.

Section 31: ‘‘Licensing and registration of food business.

(1) No person shall commence or carry on any food

business except under a licence.

(2) Nothing contained in Sub-section (1) shall apply to

a petty manufacturer who himself manufacturers or

sells any article of food or a petty retailer, hawker,

itinerant vendor or a temporary stall holder or small

scale or cottage or such other industries relating to

food business or tiny food business operators, but

they shall register themselves with such authority

and in such manner as may be specified by

Regulations, without prejudice to the availability of

safe and wholesome food for human consumption

or affecting the interests of the consumers.’’

Regulation 1.2.1(5) of Food Safety and Standards

(Licensing and registration of food business) Regulation

2011 reads ‘‘Registering Authority means Designated

Officer/Food Safety Officer or any official in

panchayath, Municipal Corporation or any other lo-

cal body or Panchayath in an area notified as such

by

the

State Food Safety Commissioner for the purpose of

Registration as specified in these Regulations’’.

This notification is intended to achieve the above

object.