packaging material to be sent to the Food Analyst Director of referral lab for analysis shall be as specified below :-
Name of food packaging material
sample of food to be sent to the Food Analyst I Referral lab for analysis shall be as specified in regulations by the Food Authority
Rules 2011, dated
23.03.2020 after communicating the fees payable for the Referral Lab and
send the sample to the Referral Laboratory.
For Petitioner ... request was
made to refer the food samples to the Referral Lab as contemplated under
Section 46(4) of the Food Safety and Standards
from the date of lifting sample, it
was referred to the referral lab, only on 07/10/2016. But
the report has been received after ... within the stipulated time and another
sample was sent to the referral lab within three days from
the date of above said report. Even though
petitioner himself
filed an application for sending the sample for Referral Lab. The
Referral Lab after analyzing, sent a report as the sample ... same day, the samples were sent to the Referral Lab. After receiving
the report from the Referral Lab on 09.12.2019, the competent authority
agreed
letter dated
14.09.2016, under the cover of which the report of Referral Lab regarding
the quality of sago that was seized from the petitioner ... Food Analyst, the Food Safety Officer forwarded the sample to the Referral
Lab viz., the FSSAI Referral Lab, Thanjavur. This decision was taken
Food Analyst
within 30 days by referring the sample to a referral lab for the second analysis, as
per Section 46(4) of the said ... report of the
Food Analyst, by referring the sample to a referral lab within 30 days from the
date of receipt of the notice
prefer appeal within 30 days and seek for
test by referral lab. The petitioners did not avail the option. Hence, the FSO
through his letter ... opportunity for the accused to send the second sample to referral
lab since, the food samples would have decomposed by the time the
communication dated
designated officer for forwarding one part of the
sample to the referral lab, hence now they cannot be
prosecuted for violation of the provisions ... right of appeal before the designated
officer seeking referral of the sample to the referral lab,
therefore, they cannot be prosecuted on the basis
requirement.
b) The complaint being predicated on the report of the
Referral Lab dated 07.03.2018 only talks about samples
being Substandard and it is nobody ... Appellate Authority has on 08.01.2018
made a reference to the Referral Lab which has sent a report dated
07.03.2018 and therefore, writ petitioner cannot