law: Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
  4. Central Food
  
  Laboratory. -
  1[(1) The Central
  
  Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish one or
  
  more Central Food Laboratory or Laboratories to carry out the functions
  
  entrusted to the Central Food Laboratory by this Act or any rules made under
  
  this Act:
  Provided that the Central
  
  Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, also specify any
  
  laboratory or institute as a Central Food Laboratory for the purposes of this
  
  Act.]
  (2) The Central
  
  Government may, after consultation with the Committee, make rules prescribing-
  2 [(a)
  
  The functions of Central Food Laboratory and the local area or areas within
  
  which such functions may be carried out;]
  (b) The
  
  procedure for the submission to the said Laboratory of samples of articles of
  
  food for analysis or tests, the forms of the Laboratory's reports thereon and.
  
  the fees payable in respect of such reports;
  (c) Such
  
  other matters as may be necessary or expedient to enable the said Laboratory to
  
  carry out its functions.
  STATE AMENDMENT
  West Bengal. -To
  
  sub-section (1) of Sec. 4. The following proviso shall be added, namely:
  "Provided that the
  
  State Government may with the prior approval of the Central Government, direct
  
  that the functions of the Central Food Laboratory and the Director may be
  
  carried out in West Bengal by such authority and such officer respectively, as
  
  may be specified the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette
  
  and any reference in this Act to the Central Food Laboratory or the Director
  
  shall then be construed to mean such authority or officer, as the case may be",
  
  3
  1. Subs. by Sec. 5.
  
  Ibid. For sub-section (1) (w.e.f. Ist April 1976).
  2. Subs by Act 34 of
  
  1976. Sec. 5, for, Cl. (a).
  3. Vide West Bengal Act.
  
  42 of 1973. Published in the Calcutta Gazette, Pt. III. No. 264. dated 29th
  
  April, 1974 (w.e.f. 29th April, 1974).