Steps taken against Adulteration

• Food adulteration = intentional/unintentional debasement of food quality by adding inferior/harmful substances or removing valuable constituents; regulated in India primarily by FSSAI under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
• Enforcement is a shared Centre-State responsibility: FSSAI sets science-based standards; State Food Safety Authorities enforce at field level.
• UPSC relevance: intersects GS-II (governance, statutory bodies, health) and GS-III (food security, consumer safety, food processing).