LawgistThe Food Safety and Standards Act
50Penalty for selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded
Any person who sells to the purchaser's prejudice any food which is not in compliance with the provisions of this Act or the regulations made thereunder, or of the nature or substance or quality demanded by the purchaser, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five lakh rupees:
Provided that the persons covered under sub-section (2) of section 31, shall for such non-compliance be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees.
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OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
- 48 General provisions relating to offences
- 49 General provisions relating to penalty
- 50 Penalty for selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded
- 51 Penalty for sub-standard food
- 52 Penalty for misbranded food
- 53 Penalty for misleading advertisement
- 54 Penalty for food containing extraneous matter
- 55 Penalty for failure to comply with the directions of Food Safety Officer
- 56 Penalty for unhygienic or unsanitary processing or manufacturing of food
- 57 Penalty for possessing adulterant
- 58 Penalty for contraventions for which no specific penalty is provided
- 59 Punishment for unsafe food
- 60 Punishment for interfering with seized items
- 61 Punishment for false information
- 62 Punishment for obstructing or impersonating a Food Safety Officer
- 63 Punishment for carrying out a business without licence
- 64 Punishment for subsequent offences
- 65 Compensation in case of injury or death of consumer
- 66 Offences by companies
- 67 Penalty for contravention of provisions of this Act in case of import of articles of food to be in addition to penalties provided under any other Act
