Revisiting Of Food Safety And Standards Act, 2006- An Enigma Of Animal Feed.

Abstract

Parliament of India has remained oblivious on the issue of inclusion of animal feed in the definition of ‘food’ in Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The cascading effect of this grave omission, on the human health has concerned the legal brains. Attempt has been made in this paper to trace out the origin of the diseases caused by the consumption of feed by animals and subsequent use of such animals based foods by human beings. The requirement of adoption of legal framework viz a viz animal feed by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is also discussed. The legal initiatives taken at international/domestic level in order to tackle this issue are also the features of this paper.