law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  Chapter VI Special
  
  Responsibilities as to Food Safety
  26. Responsibilities
  
  of the food business operator. - 
  1.     
  
    Every
  
  food business operator shall ensure that the articles of food satisfy the
  
  requirements of this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder at all
  
  stages of production, processing, import, distribution and sale within the
  
  businesses under his control.
  2.     
  
    No
  
  food business operator shall himself or by any person on his behalf
  
  manufacture, store, sell or distribute any article of food-
               
  
   i.        
  
    which
  
  is unsafe; or
  which
  
  is misbranded or sub-standard or contains extraneous matter; or
             
  
   iii.        
  
    for
  
  which a licence is required, except in accordance with the conditions of the
  
  licence; or
             
  
   iv.        
  
    which
  
  is for the time being prohibited by the Food Authority or the Central
  
  Government or the State Government in the interest of public health; or
              
  
   v.        
  
    in
  
  contravention of any other provision of this Act or of any rule or regulation
  
  made thereunder.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
  
  
    No
  
  food business operator shall employ any person who is suffering from
  
  infectious, contagious or loathsome disease.
  4.     
  
    No
  
  food business operator shall sell or offer for sale any article of food to any
  
  vendor unless he also gives a guarantee in writing in the form specified by
  
  regulations about the nature and quality of such article to the vendor:
  
  Provided that a bill, cash memo, or invoice in respect of the sale of any
  
  article of food given by a food business operator to the vendor shall be deemed
  
  to be a guarantee under this section, even if a guarantee in the specified form
  
  is not included in the bill, cash memo or invoice.
  5.     
  
    Where
  
  any food which is unsafe is part of a batch, lot or consignment of food of the
  
  same class or description, it shall be presumed that all the food in that
  
  batch, lot or consignment is also unsafe, unless following a detailed
  
  assessment within a specified time, it is found that there is no evidence that
  
  the rest of the batch, lot or consignment is unsafe: Provided that any
  
  conformity of a food with specific provisions applicable to that food shall be
  
  without prejudice to the competent authorities taking appropriate measures to
  
  impose restrictions on that food being placed on the market or to require its
  
  withdrawal from the market for the reasons to be recorded in writing where such
  
  authorities suspect that, despite the conformity, the food is unsafe.