FSSAI proposes life in jail, â¹10L fine for food adulteration
In draft amendments to the Food Safety and Standards Act, the country's food regulator FSSAI has proposed life imprisonment and a penalty of at least â¹10 lakh for those adulterating food products. Adding that the minimum punishment shall be seven years, the draft states the person shall be punished irrespective of whether the adulteration caused an "actual injury".