law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  36. Designated
  
  Officer. - 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Commissioner of Food Safety shall, by order, appoint the Designated Officer,
  
  who shall not be below the rank of a Sub-Divisional Officer, to be in-charge of
  
  food safety administration in such area as may be specified by regulations.
  2.     
  
    There
  
  shall be a Designated Officer for each district.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  functions to be performed by the Designated Officer shall be as follows,
  
  namely:-
  a.      to issue or cancel
  
  licence of food business operators;
  b.     to prohibit the sale
  
  of any article of food which is in contravention of the provisions of this Act
  
  and rules and regulations made thereunder;
  c.      to receive report and
  
  samples of article of foods from Food Safety Officer under his jurisdiction and
  
  get them analysed;
  d.     to make
  
  recommendations to the Commissioner of Food Safety for sanction to launch
  
  prosecutions in case of contraventions punishable with imprisonment;
  e.      to sanction or launch
  
  prosecutions in cases of contraventions punishable with fine;
  f.      to maintain record of
  
  all inspections made by Food Safety Officers and action taken by them in the
  
  performance of their duties;
  g.     to get investigated
  
  any complaint which may be made in writing in respect of any contravention of
  
  the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations made there under;
  h.      to investigate any
  
  complaint which may be made in writing against the Food Safety Officer; and
  i.       to perform such other
  
  duties as may be entrusted by the Commissioner of Food Safety.