law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  13. Scientific
  
  Panels. - 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Food Authority shall establish scientific panels, which shall consist of
  
  independent scientific experts.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Scientific Panel shall invite the relevant industry and consumer
  
  representatives in its deliberations.
  3.     
  
    Without
  
  prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Food Authority may
  
  establish as many Scientific Panels as it considers necessary in addition to
  
  the Panels on:
  a.      food additives,
  
  flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food;
  b.     pesticides and
  
  antibiotics residues;
  c.      genetically modified
  
  organisms and foods;
  d.     functional foods,
  
  nutraceuticals, dietetic products and other similar products;
  e.      biological hazards;
  f.      contaminants in the
  
  food chain;
  g.     labelling; and
  h.      method of sampling
  
  and analysis.
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  4.     
  
    The
  
  Food Authority may from time to time re-constitute the Scientific Panels by
  
  adding new members or by omitting the existing members or by changing the name
  
  of the panel as the case may be.