REGISTERED No. D. 211
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II- Section 3-Sub-section
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 202] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1973/SRAVANA 25, 1895
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
(Department of Food)
ORDER
New Delhi, the 16th, August 1973
G.S.R. 395 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), the Central Government hereby makes the following Order: —
1. (1) This Order may be called the Vegetable Oil Product Producers (Regu- lation of Refined Oil Manufacture) Order, 1973.
(2) It shall come into force on the 16th August, 1973.
2. In this Order, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context: — (a) the terms "Controller", and "vegetable oil product" shall have the same meaning as in the Vegetable Oil Products Control Order, 1947;
(b) "producer" means a person carrying on the business of manufacturing any vegetable oil product and shall include any person licensed under Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951) to manufacture vanaspati or, where such licence may not be required, who is ordinarily engaged in the business of manufactur- ing vanaspati;
(c) "refined vegetable oil" means any vegetable oil which has been neutra- lized with alkali, bleached with bleaching earth or activated carbon or
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3. No producer shall manufacture lor sale refined vegetable oils during any calendar month in excess of the quantity which shall be determined as follows: —
The ratio of the production of refined vegetable oils during the month by any producer to his production during the same month of vegetable oil product, other than product manufactured for non-edible industrial use, shall not exceed the ratio of his production of refined vegetable oils during the two-year period from 1st January, 1971 to 31st December, 1972 to his production of such vegetable oil product during the said period:
Provided that where any producer was not engaged in the business of manu- facturing such vegetable oil product during the entire aforesaid two-year period but was engaged in the business of manufacturing refined vegetable oils during any portion of the said period, his production of refined vegetable oils during any calendar month shall not exceed his average monthly production of such oils during the said period:
Provided further that during the period from 16th August to 31st August 1P73. the production of refined vegetable oils by any producer shall not exceed 50 per cent' of his average monthly production of such oils during the aforesaid two- year period:
Provided also that the Controller may, if he is satisfied that there are sufficient grounds for so doing, exempt any producer or class of producers from the pro- visions of this Order.
4. No producer shall manufacture, stock for sale or offer for sale any refined vegetable oil unless—
(i) it has been manufactured solely from any of such vegetable oils as have been permitted to be used in the manufacture of vegetable oil product;
(il) it conforms to the specifications for the appropriate refined vegetable oil prescribed under th= Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955 or under the Solvent-Extracted Oil. Deoiled Meal and Edible Flour (Control) Order. 1907.
[No. 3-VP(l3)/73]
S. V. SAMPATH, Jt. Secy.
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