As per Section 5 of the FSS Act, The Food Authority shall consist of a Chairperson and the following twenty-two members out of which one-third shall be women, namely:-
(a) seven Members, not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India, to be appointed by the Central Government, to respectively represent the Ministries or Departments of the Central Government dealing with -
who shall be Members ex officio;
(b) two representatives from food industry of which one shall be from small scale industries;
(c) two representatives from consumer organisations;
(d) three eminent food technologists or scientists;
(e) five members to be appointed by rotation every three years, one each in seriatim from the Zones as specified in the First Schedule to represent the States and the Union territories;
(f) two persons to represent farmers’ organisations;
(g) one person to represent retailers’ organisations.
| Current Authority Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S No | Name | Designation | Organization |
| 1 | Ms Rita Teaotia | Chairperson | FSSAI |
| 2 | Shri Pawan Kumar Agarwal | Chief Executive Officer, Member Secretary | FSSAI |
| Appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act | |||
| 3 | Dr. B. Rajender | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Agriculture, Deptt. of Agriculture & Cooperation |
| 4 | Sh. Santosh Kumar Sarangi | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Commerce, Department of Commerce |
| 5 | Sh. Amit Mehta | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| 6 |
Sh. Minhaj Alam |
Joint Secretary | Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| 7 | Sh. Sudhir Kumar | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dept. of Health and Family Welfare |
| 8 | Dr. Reeta Vasishta | Additional Secretary | Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department |
| 9 | Sh. Manoj Joshi | Joint Secretary | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium |
| No appointments have been made under other clauses of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act | |||
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