law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  87. Members, officers
  
  of Food Authority and Commissioner of Food Safety to be public servants. – 
  The Members, officers
  
  of the Food Authority and the Commissioners of Food Safety and their officers
  
  shall be deemed, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the
  
  provisions of this Act, to be public servants within the meaning of section 21
  
  of the Indian Penal Code.