 bill no 290 of  2016 the food safety and standards (amendment) bill, 2016 by shri rabindra kumar jena, mp a billfurther to amend the food safety and standards act, 2006be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—amendment of section 5734 of 20062 in the food safety and standards act, 2006, (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 57, in sub-section (1),—(a) in clause (i), for the words "two lakh rupees", the words "five lakh rupees"shall be substituted; and5(b) in clause (ii), for the words "ten lakh rupees", the words "twenty-five lakh rupees" shall be substitutedamendment of section 593 in section 59 of the principal act, for clauses (i) to (iv), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:—10"(i) where such failure or contravention does not result in injury, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and also with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees;(ii) where such failure or contravention results in a non-grievous injury, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and also with fine which may extend to fifteen lakh rupees;15(iii) where such failure or contravention results in a grievous injury, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life and also with fine which may extend to twenty-five lakh rupees;20(iv) where such failure or contravention results in death, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than fifteen years but which may extend to imprisonment for life and also with fine which shall not be less than thirty-five lakh rupees" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsas it is important to detect adulteration of food for human consumption, we must also ensure stringent punishment for adulteration as a deterrent against adulteration therefore, this bill, seeks to amend the food safety and standards act, 2006 to increase the quantum of punishment for adulteration of food for human consumption to life imprisonment and the fine upto rupees thirty-five lakhshence this billnew delhi;rabindra  kumar  jenaoctober 20, 2016 annexure extract from the food safety and standards act, 2006 (34 of 2006)|            ||-------------|| penalty for || possessing  || adulterant |57 (1) subject to the provisions of this chapter, if any person who whether by himself or by any other person on his behalf, imports or manufactures for sale, or stores, sells or distribute any adulterant shall be liable—(i) where such adulterant is not injurious to health, to a penalty not exceeding two lakh rupees;(ii) where such adulterant is injurious to health, to a penalty not exceeding ten lakh rupees (2) in a proceeding under sub-section (1), it shall not be a defence that the accused was holding such adulterant on behalf of any other person|           ||------------|| punishment || for unsafe || food      |59 any person who, whether by himself or by any other person on his behalf, manufactures for sale or stores or sells or distributes or imports any article of food for human consumption which is unsafe, shall be punishable,—(i) whether such failure or contravention does not result in injury, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and also with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees;(ii) where such failure or contravention results in a non-grievous injury, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and also with fine which may extend to three lakh rupees;(iii) where such failure or contravention results in a grievous injury, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six years and also with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees;(iv) where such failure or contravention results in death, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life and also with fine which shall not be less than ten lakh rupees|     |     |     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|------|------|-----|———— a billfurther to amend the food safety and standards act, 2006————(shri rabindra kumar jena, mp)gmgipmrnd—2907ls(s3)—22112016