As per Section 5 of the FSS Act,  The Food Authority shall consist of a Chairperson and the following twenty-two members out of which one-third shall be women, namely:-

(a) seven Members, not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India, to be appointed by the Central Government, to respectively represent the Ministries or Departments of the Central Government dealing with -

  • Agriculture,
  • Commerce,
  • Consumer Affairs,
  • Food Processing,
  • Health,
  • Legislative Affairs,
  • Small Scale Industries,

who shall be Members ex officio;

(b) two representatives from food industry of which one shall be from small scale industries;

(c) two representatives from consumer organisations;

(d) three eminent food technologists or scientists;

(e) five members to be appointed by rotation every three years, one each in seriatim from the Zones as specified in the First Schedule to represent the States and the Union territories;

(f) two persons to represent farmers’ organisations;

(g) one person to represent retailers’ organisations.

Current Authority Members
S No Name Designation Organization
1 Shri Sudhansh Pant, IAS Chairperson FSSAI
2 Shri G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, IAS Chief Executive Officer, Member Secretary FSSAI
  Appointment of (ex offcio) members of FSSAI, Appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act
3 Ms.Shubha Thakur Joint Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Dept. of Agriculture & Cooperation Krishi Bhawan.
Email: sthakur@nic.in
Phone: 23383744, 23382977 (Fax)
4 Dr. M. Balaji Joint Secretary Ministry of Commerce, Department of Commerce
Email: m.balaji05@ias.gov.in
Phone: 23039409
5 Shri Anupam Mishra Joint Secretary Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Room No. 485-A, Krishi Bhawan
Email: js-ca@nic.in
Phone: 23386666/ 23386322 (Fax)
6 Smt. Simmi Chaudhary Economic Advisor Ministry of Food Processing Industries,
PanchsheelBhawan, August KrantiMarg, Khelgaon, New Delhi-110049.
Email: s.chaudhary@gov.in
Phone: 26491810
7 Ms.Aradhana Patnaik Joint Secretary Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,
Dept. of Health and Family Welfare, NirmanBhawan, New Delhi
Email: jsadmn-mohfw@gov.in
Phone: 23061097/3618
8 Ms.Veena Kothavale Joint Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice,
Legislative Department ShastriBhawan, New Delhi– 110001
Email: veena.k@nic.in
Phone: 011-23073497/09213240962
9 Shri Vipul Goel Joint Secretary Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Room No.122-B UdyogBhawan.
Email: js.ari@nic.in
Phone: 23063283
  Appointed under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act (Food Industry & small scale industries)
two representatives from food industry of which one shall be from small scale industries
10 Ms.Shreya Pandey -- All India Food Processors’ Association,
206, Aurobindo Place Market, AurobindoMarg, HauzKhas New Delhi-110016
Email: aifpa@vsnl.net, pandeshreya@gmail.com
Mobile No. 9818443337, Office No. 011-26510860/26518848
11 Ms. Swati Ravindra Paradkar President Shri Mahila Griha Udyog,
Lijjat papad (under the category of Small Scale Food Industry)
Email: president@lijjat.com
Phone: 022-26554021/22

Oracle Point, 3rd Floor,
Opp. Railway Station, Bandra (West),Mumbai, Maharashtra Pincode: 400050
Email: enquiry@lijjat.com
Phones: 26554021/22/23/24/25/26/27/28/29/30/31 & 26427282, Fax: 26420688
Contact: Customer Care : 9702420414   Sales : 9833884643
  Appointed under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act (consumer organisations),
two representatives from consumer organisations;
12 Vacant -- --
13 Vacant -- --
  Appointed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act (food technologists or scientists),
three eminent food technologists or scientists;
14 Dr.Sridevi Annapurna Singh Director Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Mysuru - 570 020
Email: director@cftri.res.in, sridevi@cftri.res.in
Phone: 91-821-2517760 , Fax: 91-821-2516308, Mobile: 9449809946
15 Dr.Hemalatha R Director NIN,
Beside Tarnaka Metro Station, Jamai-Osmania PO, Hyderabad-500 007.
Email: nin@ap.nic.in,
Director's Email: directornin@icmr.gov.in, dirnin_hyd@yahoo.co.in
Phone: 040-27018083/ 27197233, FAX: 040-27019074
16 Vacant -- --
  Appointed under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act
(five members one each in seriatim from each zone as specified in first schedule to represent the States/UTs on rotational basis for every three years)
17 Smt. Jyoti J. Sardesai Director, FDA and Commissioner Food Safety, Goa Dhanwantari opp. the Shrine of Holy Cross, Bambolim-403202
Email: dfda.goa@nic.in, jyotijs27@yahoo.co.in
Tel: 0832-2459230/2459226 Fax: 0832-2459223, Mob: 9822100479(CFS)
18 Dr.Maninder Kaur Dwivedi, IAS Commissioner of Food Safety and
Secretary, Dept. of Health and Family welfare, Chhattisgarh
Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhavan, Atal Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Email: controllerraipur@gmail.com
Tel. 0771-2510349/2235226, Fax: 0771-2511988, 0771-2740216 (CFS)
19 Shri Abhijit Baruah, IAS Health & Family Welfare Dept.
(in-charge Commissioner of FDA) Assam
Dispur, Guwahati, Assam-781006
Email: foodsafety.assam@gmail.com, foodanalyst@sphlassam.org
Tel-Fax: 0361-2237463 Tel: 2237488 (FSC), 943081326 (N), 8473882511(Anupam)
20 Shri Subhasish Panda, IAS Commissioner (Food Safety)
Principal Secretary (Health), Himachal Pradesh
Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, H.P. Secretariat, Shimla – 171002.
Email: fssecy-hp@nic.in
Phone: 0177-2621586
21 Shri Yashpal Garg, IAS Commissioner of Food Safety for Chandigarh Office of Secretary Health, Chandigarh Administration, UT Chandigarh
Room No. 311, 3rd Floor, Deluxe Building, UT Secretariat, Sector-9D, Chandigarh 160009
Email: secyhealth-chd@chd.nic.in, secyhealth-chd@chd.nic.in, dhs_ut@yahoo.co.in
Phone: 0172-2748211, Mob: 09868049650
  Appointed under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act (farmers organisations),
two persons to represent farmers’ organisations;
22 Shri Pramod Kumar Choudhary Member, Bhartia Kisan Sangh Add. 1771, Wright Town, Jabalpur (M.P.) 482002
Email: pramod.c.bks@gmail.com
Mobile No.: 87701 42543
23 Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan Farmer, Haryana. Residential Address: H.No, 674, VPO Aterna, District Sonipat (Haryana)- 131023.
Official Address: B-309A, Roman Court, NH-44, Near Parker Mall,
Village Rasoi, District Sonipat, Haryana.
Email : kanwalsingh62@gmail.com
Mobile No: : 9416320765, 8398877515
  Appointed under clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act (retailers organisations),
one person to represent retailers’ organisations
24 Shri B.S. Nagesh Founder Trust for Retailers and Retail Associates of India (TRRAIN)
304, B wing, Eureka Towers, Mindspace, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400016
Email: nagesh.bsn@trrain.org
Phone: 022-28443260, Mobile: 09833662756

Profile of Members of Scientific Committee

June 2017

Profile of Members of Scientific Committee. (Uploaded on: 19.06.2017) Pdf size:( 1.39 MB)

Authority Meetings

January  2023

Minutes of the 40th Food Authority Meeting held on 29th September 2022  [Uploaded on : 16-01-2023]

October  2022

Minutes of the 39th Food Authority Meeting held on 13th July 2022  [Uploaded on : 14-10-2022]

March  2022

Minutes of 37th Meeting of Food Authority held on 23rd November 2021  [Uploaded on : 14-03-2022]

April  2021

Minutes of 32nd Meeting of Food Authority held on 22nd December 2020 at FDA Bhawan New Delhi-110002.  [Uploaded on : 01-04-2021]

December  2020

Minutes of 31st Meeting of Food Authority held on 20th October 2020 at FDA Bhawan New Delhi-110002  [Uploaded on : 31-12-2020]