 bill no  9 of 2015 the food safety and standards (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri cr patil, mp a billfurther to amend the food safety and standards act, 2006be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the food safety and standards (amendment) act, 201534 of 20062 after section 56 of the food safety and standards act, 2006, the following  new section shall be inserted, namely:—5insertion of new section 56a"56a notwithstanding anything in this chapter, any person who whether by himself or by any other person on his behalf manufactures for sale or stores or sells or distributes milk or milk products which is adulterated and unsafe or injurious to health shall be punished with imprisonment for life"penalty for selling adulterated milk or milk products statement of objects and reasonsin the recent years, cases of adulteration of milk are rampant in the country the demand for milk and its products increases manifold particularly during festival season in order to earn quick money some people resort to all sorts of adulteration of milk and its products however, the penalty of a maximum of rupees five lakh provided under the food safety and standards act, 2006 for manufacturing, selling or distributing adulterated milk or its products does not commensurate with the seriousness of the offence therefore, this penalty of rupees five lakh does not act as deterrent the adulterators put the life of so many people at risk even the supreme court has observed that adulterators of milk should be given a stringent and exemplary punishmentthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the food safety and standards act, 2006 with a view to provide stringent punishment for manufacturing, distributing or selling of adulterated milk and its products in order to put a check on the increasing cases of adulteration of milk and its products in the countryhence this billnew delhi;cr patildecember 12, 2014———— a billfurther to amend the food safety and standards act, 2006————(shri cr patil, mp)gmgipmrnd—4164ls(s3)—09-02-2015