The Intersection of Food Laws and Legal Metrology Laws in India: A Framework for Analysis

IF 1 4区工程技术 Q4 INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION

MAPAN Pub Date : 2024-01-20 DOI:10.1007/s12647-023-00731-0

G. R. Srikkanth, Sanjay Yadav, K. I. Pavan Kumar

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Abstract

Life without legal metrology is inconceivable, as legal metrology encompasses every sphere of daily life, from eating to safeguarding health to ensuring public safety and the environment. On the other hand, food plays an important role in human life, and the entire civilisation survives on food. Food laws have been developed over the years with the primary objective of providing consumers with safe and nutritious food. Food laws primarily focus on ensuring the safety and quality of consumables, while legal metrology laws govern the accuracy of weights and measures in commercial transactions, including pre-packed food. The intersection of food laws and legal metrology laws in India presents a complex framework that requires careful analysis. This intersection becomes crucial as discrepancies in quantity, labelling, or packaging can impact consumer rights and public health and appropriate declarations on the packaging help the consumer make an informed choice. This comprehensive analysis involves examining how these regulations merge, identifying potential conflicts, and proposing harmonised measures to enhance regulatory efficiency and consumer protection. Balancing the intricacies of both frameworks is essential to creating a robust system that addresses the unique challenges posed by the intersection of food and metrology regulations in India.

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印度食品法与法定计量法的交叉：分析框架

没有法律计量学的生活是不可想象的，因为法律计量学涵盖日常生活的每一个领域，从饮食到保障健康，再到确保公共安全和环境。另一方面，食品在人类生活中扮演着重要角色，整个人类文明都是靠食品生存的。多年来，制定食品法的主要目的就是为消费者提供安全、营养的食品。食品法主要侧重于确保消费品的安全和质量，而法定计量法则对包括预包装食品在内的商业交易中的重量和计量准确性进行规范。在印度，食品法和法定计量法的交叉呈现出一个复杂的框架，需要仔细分析。这种交叉变得至关重要，因为数量、标签或包装上的差异会影响消费者权益和公共健康，而包装上的适当声明有助于消费者做出知情选择。这种全面分析包括研究这些法规如何相互融合，找出潜在的冲突，并提出协调措施，以提高监管效率和消费者保护。平衡两个框架的错综复杂性对于创建一个强大的系统，以应对印度食品和计量法规交叉所带来的独特挑战至关重要。

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MAPAN 工程技术-物理：应用

CiteScore

2.30

自引率

20.00%

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审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： MAPAN-Journal Metrology Society of India is a quarterly publication. It is exclusively devoted to Metrology (Scientific, Industrial or Legal). It has been fulfilling an important need of Metrologists and particularly of quality practitioners by publishing exclusive articles on scientific, industrial and legal metrology. The journal publishes research communication or technical articles of current interest in measurement science; original work, tutorial or survey papers in any metrology related area; reviews and analytical studies in metrology; case studies on reliability, uncertainty in measurements; and reports and results of intercomparison and proficiency testing.