REGD NO D L -33004/99 The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 52] NEW DELHI. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5,2001/MAGHA 16,1922
2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)lMINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Department of Health)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 5th February 2001
G.S.R. 68 (E).—The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Prevention of Food adulteration Rlules, 1955, which the Central Government after consultation with the Central Committee for Food Standards proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954), is hereby published as required by the said sub-section of the said Act, for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby, and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of sixty days from the date on which the copies of this official Gazette in which this notifica- lion is published, are made available to the public;
Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi-110011.
The objections and suggestions, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules within the period specified above, shall be considered by the Central Government.
DRAFT RULES
1 (1) These rules may be called the prevention of Food Adulteration (Amendment) Rules, 2001 (2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in Ihe official Gazette.
2 In the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955, in Appendix 'B'
in item A 18-02-02, for the words and figures "Soya flour which is a solvent extracted flour used in such mix shall conform to the standards of soya flour laid down under Solvent Extracted Oil, Deoiled Meal and Edible flour (Control) Order, 1967", the following shall be substituted, namely :—
"Soya flour which is a solvent extracted flour used in such mix shall conform to the standards of soya flour laid down under item A. 18.15."
[P-15014/14/2000-PH (Food)]
DEEPAK GUPTTA, Jt. Secy Note : The PFA rules, 1955 were published in Part II, Section 3 of Gazette of India, vide S R O 2105 dt 12-9-55 and were last amended vide G.S.R. No. 7(E) dated 4-1-2001.