- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०३३ BS · 1976 AD
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १२: खाद्य, कृषि, सहकारी तथा भूमि प्रशासन · Volume 12: Food, Agriculture, Cooperative and Land Administration
- Official text
- Official page Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Includes amendments up to: 2066 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Act keeps animal, poultry and fish feed pure and of proper quality. It bans producing, selling, distributing, exporting, importing or storing contaminated feed (adulterated, rotten, made from diseased animals or plants, or outside the quality limits set by the government) and selling feed under a false description.पशु, पन्छी र माछाको दाना पदार्थ शुद्ध र उचित स्तरको राख्न यो ऐन बनेको हो। मिसावट गरिएको, सडेगलेको, रोगी पशु वा हानिकारक वनस्पतिबाट बनेको वा सरकारले तोकेको गुणस्तरभन्दा फरक दूषित दाना पदार्थ उत्पादन, बिक्री वितरण, निकासी, पैठारी वा सञ्चय गर्न र ढाँटी वा झुक्याई दाना बेच्न निषेध छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 2(ख), 3–4, pp. 2–3
- Anyone producing or selling prescribed feeds needs a licence; retailers selling sealed feed bought from a licensed producer or wholesaler with a guarantee are exempt. The government sets feed quality standards by Gazette notice and may form a feed standards committee; samples are tested at a designated laboratory.तोकिएका दाना पदार्थ उत्पादन वा बिक्री गर्न अनुज्ञापत्र चाहिन्छ; इजाजतप्राप्त उत्पादक वा थोक बिक्रेताबाट जमानतपत्रसहित सिलबन्दी दाना किनेर बेच्ने खुद्रा बिक्रेतालाई छुट छ। सरकारले राजपत्रमा सूचना निकालेर दानाको गुणस्तर तोक्छ र दाना स्तर निर्धारण समिति गठन गर्न सक्छ; नमूना तोकिएको प्रयोगशालामा जाँचिन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 7, 10–12, pp. 3–4
- Feed inspectors appointed by the federal and provincial governments may seal and hold suspect feed, which is confiscated (and destroyed at the owner's cost) if the laboratory finds it contaminated. Provinces and local levels may monitor and inspect feed in their areas. Inspectors investigate offences, the Chief District Officer decides cases with appeal to the District Court, and violations carry a fine of Rs 20,000–50,000 or one month to one year in prison.संघ र प्रदेश सरकारले नियुक्त गरेका दाना निरीक्षकले शङ्कास्पद दाना सिलबन्दी गरी रोक्का राख्न सक्छन्, र प्रयोगशालाले दूषित ठहर गरेमा जफत (र धनीकै खर्चमा नष्ट) गरिन्छ। प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहले आफ्नो क्षेत्रमा अनुगमन र निरीक्षण गर्न सक्छन्। निरीक्षकले अनुसन्धान गर्छन्, प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारीले मुद्दा हेर्छन् र जिल्ला अदालतमा पुनरावेदन लाग्छ; उल्लङ्घन गर्नेलाई रु. २०,००० देखि ५०,००० सम्म जरिवाना वा एक महिनादेखि एक वर्षसम्म कैद हुन सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 5–6, p. 3; Sections 8 and 12क–16, pp. 3–5
- The Act applies only in districts and from dates notified in the Gazette; the notes to the text list notifications of 2047 (Chitwan, Kaski, Rupandehi) and 2054 (further districts).यो ऐन राजपत्रमा सूचना निकालेर तोकिएका जिल्ला र मितिदेखि मात्र लागू हुन्छ; पाठको टिप्पणीमा २०४७ (चितवन, कास्की, रुपन्देही) र २०५४ (थप जिल्ला) का सूचना उल्लेख छन्। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 1(3), p. 2; note on commencement, p. 5
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Capacity Licence records are not kept up to date. Under the Food Safety and Quality Act 2081 and section 7 of this Act, the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control and its eight quality control offices issued 848 new licences and renewed 3,195 in FY 2081/82 (5,475 licences in all, including industry recommendations), but the Department had no up-to-date record of licences cancelled at the request of businesses that had closed.अनुज्ञापत्रको अभिलेख अद्यावधिक छैन। खाद्य स्वच्छता तथा गुणस्तर ऐन, २०८१ र यस ऐनको दफा ७ बमोजिम खाद्य प्रविधि तथा गुण नियन्त्रण विभाग र मातहतका ८ गुण नियन्त्रण कार्यालयले २०८१/८२ मा ८४८ नयाँ अनुज्ञापत्र जारी र ३,१९५ नवीकरण गरे (उद्योग सिफारिससहित जम्मा ५,४७५), तर व्यवसाय बन्द गरी अनुज्ञापत्र खारेजीका लागि परेका निवेदनको अद्यावधिक विवरण विभागसँग थिएन। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal OAG 63rd Report, MoALD chapter, para 29, printed p. 232; Act s. 7, p. 3
Ideas to fix it
- Keep records of licences issued and renewed in an electronic system.जारी तथा नवीकरण गरिएका अनुज्ञापत्रको अभिलेख विद्युतीय प्रणालीमा राख्ने। Proposed by: Office of the Auditor General (63rd Annual Report) Office of the Auditor General, Nepal
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.
Regulations and rules made under it
- दाना पदार्थ नियमावली, २०४१ In force