law: Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
  3.  The Central
  
  Committee for Food Standards. -
  (1) The Central
  
  Government shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, constitute
  
  a Committee called the Central Committee for Food Standards to advise the
  
  Central Government and the State Governments on matters arising out of the
  
  administration of this Act and to carry out the other functions assigned to it
  
  under this Act.
  (2) The Committee
  
  shall consist of the following members, namely:
  (a) The
  
  Director-General, Health Services, ex office, who shall be the Chairman:
  1[(b)
  
  The Director of' the Central Food Laboratory or, in a case where more than one
  
  Central Food Laboratory is established, the Directors of such Laboratories, ex
  
  officio;]
  (c) Two
  
  experts nominated by the Central Government;
  2[(d)
  
  One representative each of the Departments of Food and Agriculture in the
  
  Central Ministry of Food and Agriculture and one representative each of the
  
  Central Ministries of Commerce, Defense, Industry and Supply and Railways,
  
  nominated by the Central Government;]
  (e) One
  
  representative each nominated by the Government of each 3[* * *] State;
  (f) Two
  
  representatives nominated by the Central Government, to represent the, 4[Union
  
  territories];
  4[(g)
  
  One representative each, nominated by the Central Government, to represent the
  
  agricultural, commercial and industrial interests;
  (gg)
  
  Five representatives nominated by the Central Government to represent the
  
  consumer's interests, one of whom shall be from the hotel industry;]
  (h) One
  
  representative of the medical profession nominated by the Indian Council of
  
  Medical Research;
  5[(i)
  
  One representative nominated by the Indian Standards Institution referred to in
  
  Cl. (e) of Sec. 2 of the Indian Standards Institution (Certification Marks)
  
  Act, 1952 (36 of 1952)].
  (3) The members of the
  
  Committee referred to in Cls. (c), (d), (e), 6[7 [(q), (gg),] (h), and (i)] of
  
  sub- section (2) shall, unless their seats become vacant earlier by
  
  resignation, death or otherwise, be entitled to hold office for three years and
  
  shall be eligible for re-nomination.
  (4) The functions of
  
  the Committee may be exercised notwithstanding any vacancy therein.
  (5) The Committee may
  
  appoint such and so many sub-committees as it deems fit and may appoint to them
  
  persons who are not members of the Committee to exercise such powers and
  
  perform such duties as may, subject to such conditions, if any, as the
  
  Committee may impose, be delegated to them by the Committee.
  (6) The Committee,
  
  may, subject to the previous approval of the Central Government, make byelaws
  
  for the purpose of regulating its own procedure and the transaction of its
  
  business.
  1. Subs. by Act 34 of-
  
  1976. Sec.3 (w.e.f. Ist.  April, 1976).
  2. Subs. by Act 49 of-
  
  1964.  Sec. 3 (w.e.f.  Ist. March. 1965).
  3. The words and
  
  letters "Part A State and Part B" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.3)
  
  Order. 1956.
  4. Subs. by ibid, for
  
  "Part C States".
  5. Ins. by Act 49 of
  
  1964.  Sec. 3 (w.e. f. Ist March. 1965).
  6. Subs. by Act 34 of
  
  1976, Sec. 3, for Cl. (g) (w.e.f. Ist April, 1976).
  7. Subs. by Act 49 of
  
  1964 Sec. 3 for "(g) and (h)" (w.e.f. Ist March. 1965).