FSSAI Regulations and their effect on the Consumers

Abstract

Every civilized nation of the world has its own legislation, which protects the consumers. In India, it was at the end of twentieth century that the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, was enacted. The main object of the act is to provide a better inexpensive and speedy remedy to the consumers. It seeks to provide for better protection of the interest of consumers and for the said purpose to make provision for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumer disputes and for matters connected therewith. The primary notion for contention is how two laws operate in their totally distinct spheres. The laws even though are made for consumer protection, there needs to be a bridge between the consumer protection and consumer preference and this paper is aimed at the same. Bringing international standards will certainly lift the quality constructs up; however, we even need to see if the existing array of products and services are going to survive to the increased standard of quality. Apart from that in India, we have various laws that have been applicable in this direction, and they include Indian Penal Code, 1860 [1], Agricultural Production, Grading and Marketing Act, 1937, Sale of Goods Act, 1930, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The final Act saw a change from the dictum of ‘caveat emptor’ (buyer beware) to ‘caveat venditor’ (seller beware).