THE GAZETTEOFINDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(Department of Health)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 4th April, 2002

G.S.R. 251(E).—Whereas certain draft rules further to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955 were

published as required by sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954) in the

notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health) number, GSR.

671 (E), dated the 17th September, 2001 in the Gazette of India, Extra-Ordinary, Part II, Section3, Sub-Section (i), dated the

17th September, 2001 inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry

of a period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette of India in which the said notification was published,

were made available to the public;

And whereas the copies of the said Gazette of India were made available to the public on the 18th September, 2601;

And whereas the objections and suggestions received from the public on the said draft rules have been considered

by the Central Government;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-section (1) of section 23 of the said Act, the Central

Government, after consultation with the Central Committee for Food standards, hereby makes the following rales further

to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955, namely :—

RULES

(1)

These rules may be called the Preventionof Food Adulteration (1st Amendment) Rules, 2002.

(2)

They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955 in rule 65, in the Table in item 15, in clause (c), after the words

"Milk products" occurring in column 3 and the entry relating thereto, in column 4, the following shall be inserted, namely :—

TABLE

SI. No.

Name of insecticide

Food

"Milleproducts (having less than

2 per cent fat)

Tolerance limit mg/kg (ppm)

0.20

(on whole basis)"

[F. No. P15014/5/2001-PH(Food)]

DEEPAK GUPTA, Jt. Secy.

FootNote:— The Prevention ofFood Adulteration Rules, 1955 were published in Part II, Section 3 of Gazette of India

vide S.R.0.2105 dated the 12-9-1955 and were last amended vide G.S.R, 908 (E) dated the 20-12-2001.

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