law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  14. Scientific
  
  Committee. - 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Food Authority shall constitute Scientific Committee which shall consist of the
  
  Chairpersons of the Scientific Panels and six independent scientific experts
  
  not belonging or affiliated to any of the Scientific Panels.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Scientific Committee shall be responsible for providing the scientific opinions
  
  to the Food Authority, and shall have the powers, where necessary, of
  
  organising public hearings.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Scientific Committee shall be responsible for the general co-ordination
  
  necessary to ensure consistency of the scientific opinion procedure and in
  
  particular with regard to the adoption of working procedures and harmonisation
  
  of working methods of the Scientific Panels.
  4.     
  
  
  
    The
  
  Scientific Committee shall provide opinions on multi-sectoral issues falling
  
  within the competence of more than one Scientific Panel, and on issues which do
  
  not fall within the competence of any of the Scientific Panels.
  5.     
  
    Wherever
  
  necessary, and particularly in the case of subjects which do not fall within
  
  the competence of any of the Scientific Panel, the Scientific Committee shall
  
  set up working groups and in such cases, it shall draw on the expertise of
  
  those working groups when establishing scientific opinions.