KERALA GAZETTE
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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.