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ACT VI OF 2014 ACT VI OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN FOOD AUTHORITY ACT, 2014 An Act to provide for the safety and standards of food and for establishment of Balochistan Food Authority. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 7th February, 2014] CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 2. Definitions.---In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (a) "Act" means the Balochistan Food Authority Act, 2014; (b) "Adulterated food" means the food-- (i) which is not of the nature, substance or quality which it purports or is represented to be; or (ii) which contains any such extraneous substance as may adversely affect the nature, substance or quality of the food; or (iii) which is processed, mixed, colored, powdered or coated with any other substance in contravention of the rules or regulations; or (iv) any constituent of which has been wholly or in part abstracted so as to affect injuriously its nature, substance or quality; or (v) which contains any poisonous or other ingredient that may render it injurious to human health; or (vi) the quality or purity of which does not conform to the prescribed standards; or (vii) which has been prepared, packed or kept under unhygienic and insanitary conditions; or (viii) which is contaminated or has become injurious to health; (c) "Advertisement" means any publicity, representation or pronouncement made by any means for purposes of promoting the sale or disposal of any food; (d) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Food Authority; (e) "Consumer" means a person who receives food against a consideration or otherwise and includes an end user of the food; (f) "Court" means the court having jurisdiction under section 40 of this Act; (g) "Director General" means Director General appointed under section 10 of the Act; (h) "Food" means anything used as food or drink for human consumption or to feed animals other than drugs, and includes-- (i) any substance which is intended for use in the preparation of food; (ii) any flavouring substance or condiment; (iii) any coloring matter intended for use in food; (iv) chewing gum, confectionary and other products of like nature; (v) water in any form including ice, intended for human consumption or for use in the composition or preparation of food; and (vi) any other thing prescribed as food; Explanation-I.---A thing shall not cease to be food by reason that it is also capable of being used as drugs. Explanation-II.---In this clause, the word "drugs" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Drugs Act, 1976, (XXXI of 1976). (i) "Food additive" includes any substance not normally consumed as food by itself or used as typical ingredient of food but the addition of which to food affects the characteristics of the food; (j) "Food Authority" means the Balochistan Food Authority established under section 3 of the Act; (k) "Food business" means any undertaking, whether or not for profit, carrying out any of the activities related to any stage of manufacturing, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, distribution of food, import, export and includes food services, catering services, sale of food or food ingredients; (l) "Food laboratory" means any food laboratory or institute established or recognized by the Food Authority; (m) "Food operator" means a person who manufactures for sale, transports, stores, sells, distributes, imports or exports food; (n) "Food Safety Officer" means a Food Safety Officer appointed under section 12 of the Act; (o) "Government" means the Government of the Balochistan; (p) "Import" means bringing into Balochistan any article of food by any means including land, river, canal, sea or air; (q) "Label" includes any tag, brand, mark, pictorial or other descriptive matter, written, printed, stenciled, marked, painted, embossed or impressed on, or attached to or included in, belonging to, or accompanying any food; (r) "License" means a license granted under the Act or the rules or regulations made there under; (s) "Member" means a member of the Food Authority; (t) "misbranded food'' means the food-- (i) which is an imitation of or resembles another food, in a manner that it is likely to deceive the consumer; or (ii) which is so colored, flavored, coated, powdered or polished as to conceal the true nature of the food; or (iii) which is contained in any package which, or the label of which, bears any statement, design or device regarding the ingredients or the substances contained in the food, that is false or misleading; (u) "package" includes anything in which food is wholly or partly cased, covered, contained, placed or otherwise packed in any manner and any such other receptacle of any kind whether opened or closed; (v) "premises" include any shop, stall, hotel, restaurant, airline services, canteens, place, vehicle, building or tent or any other structure and any adjoining land used in connection with it and any vehicle, conveyance, vessel or aircraft where any food is sold or manufactured or stored for sale; (w) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules or the regulations; (x) "Public Analyst" means a public analyst appointed under section 10 of the Act; (y) "rules" means the rules made under this Act. (z) "safe food" means an article of food which is not injurious to human health or to the life of any living being; (aa) "Scientific Panel" means the Scientific Panel constituted under section 9 of the Act; (ab) "standard" in relation to any article of food, means the prescribed standard and includes the standard notified by the Food Authority; and (ac) "Unsafe food" means the food whose nature, substance or quality is so affected by any means as to render it injurious to human health or to the life of any living being.