COMMUNITY NUTRITION 3 (1+2)

Lesson 15 : Food Adulteration

Food laws and standards

Effective means of food quality can be achieved by legislative measures, Certification schemes and public participation and involvement in the programme . To ensure whole some nutritious safe food to the people, several laws and acts have been enacted in India as a legislative measure. These can be classified as mandatory or regulatory and voluntary.

1. Mandatory or regulatory acts
2. Voluntary standards and certification system