Consider the following statements:  1) The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 replaced the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. 2) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is under the charge of Director General of Health Services in the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Statement 1 is correct. The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 consolidated and replaced the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, along with several other food-related orders. The new law came into force in 2011 and created a single framework for food standards, licensing and enforcement.

Statement 2 is wrong. FSSAI is a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, but it is not under the charge of the Director General of Health Services. It is headed by a Chairperson appointed by the Central Government, and its executive head is the Chief Executive Officer. The DGHS is a separate officer with a different role in the ministry.

• Option A is the correct answer, since only statement 1 holds.
• Options B, C and D fail because statement 2 is false.

The core concept is the distinction between administrative ministry and statutory regulator. FSSAI sits under MoHFW but functions as an autonomous regulator, which matters for Mains questions on regulatory bodies and food safety governance.

Trap: Aspirants assume that because FSSAI belongs to the health ministry, the DGHS must head it. Check who actually heads the body under the Act.