The police are incompetent to take cognizance of the offences punishable under Sections 54 and 59 (1) of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006

 https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1604466Mohammad Baligur Rehaman vs The State Of 

Telangana on 21 October, 2020;

the police are incompetent to take cognizance of the offences punishable under Sections 

54 and 59 (1) of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006, investigating into the offences 

along with 188, 270, 272 and 273 of IPC., and filing charge sheet is a grave illegality, as the Food 

Safety Officer alone is competent to investigate and to file charge sheet following the Rules laid down 

under Sections 41 and 42 of FSS Act.