TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; 2. DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM; 2.1 Historical Background; 2.2 Organization Of Public Agencies; 2.2.1 Public Agencies Involved.. 2.2.2 The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1955. 2.2.3 The Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955; 2.2.3.1 PFA: Loopholes; 2.2.4 The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006; 2.2.4.1 Historical Background.; 2.2.4.2 Criticism of FSSA; 2.2.4.3 The Codex Alimentarius; 2.2.5 Joint Committee on Pesticides and Other Beverages; 2.2.6 Management of Food Industries under different Ministries; 2.2.7 Recommendation of Member Secretary, Law Commission; 2.2.8 Other laws; 3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF INDIAN FOOD LAWS; 3.1 Harmonization of Food Laws; 3.2 Moving towards International Standards; 3.3 Food Adulteration: as a part of different laws; 3.4 Right to Food and the Supreme Court; 4. EXISTING FORMULATION OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; 4.1 Right to Food: The Normative Content; 4.2 Right to Food and Other Human Rights Instruments ; 4.3 FAO and Right to Food; 4.4 Global Declarations and Commitments; 5. INTERNATIONAL INSTITTUIONS FOR FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT; 5.1 The World Trade Organization; 5.1.1 WTO Rules Pertaining to Food Safety Issues; 5.1.2 Problem with the WTO Rules; 5.2 The FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission; 5.2.1 The Commission's Quasi-Legislative Role.; 5.2.2 Problems with the Commission; 5.3 The World Health Organization; 5.3.1 WHO's Normative Functions; 5.4 International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN); 6. CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY.