PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT

Ways of food adulteration are innumerable, novel and ingenious and instances are found in various judgments of the Supreme Court and those of the various High Courts. Adulteration, therefore, is required to be routed our to save the innocent purchasers from suffering ill-health for no fault of theirs. To meet this end, attempts havebeen made from time to time through legislative measures to tighten the law against adulteration. Earlier, there were State Acts to deal with the offence in various States of Indian Union but they lacked uniformity and failed to achieve the desired objective. The need for Central Legislation was then felt. Accordingly "The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954' (No. 37 of 1954) was enacted.