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REGISTERED No.D-(D)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 272] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1975/ASVlNA 5, 1897

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING

(Department of Health)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 21th September 1975

G.S.R. 507(E).—The following draft of rules further to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955. which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Prevention of Food Adultra- tion Act, 1954 (37 of 1954), and after consultation with the Central Committee for Food Standards, is hereby published, as required by sub-section (1) of section 23 of said Act, for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of a period of 45 days from the date on which copies of the official gazette in which this notifi- cation was published 'are made available to the public.

Any objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before the date so specified above shall be considered by the Central Government.

DRAFT RULES

1 These rules may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration (Amendment) Rules.

1975.

2. In the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 32, after sub-clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted namely:—

"(bb) The date or month of expiry:"

( 2 0 5 1)

3. In Appendix B to the said rules:

(a) in item A.16.06, in clause (c), the words "and Colours" shall be omitted;

(b) after item A.16.12, and the entries relating thereto, the following items and

entries shall be inserted, namely:—•

"A. 16,13 Mango-pulp (Canned) shall be extracted from sound ripe fruit. It shall possess the characteristic flavour of the variety of mango ttom which it is extracted. It shall be free from any extraneous matter viz. portion of skin, lihuous matter, larva and other insects or fragments thereof. The pulp shall not show any sign of fermentation when incubated at 28°C, 30°C or 37°C. The canned product shall not show any positive pressure at sea level. The product shall not have any cooked flavour and be free from black specks. The product shall be propsrly screened through a sieve and minimum 1.5. m.m. mesh and the finished product shall be homogeneous. The total soluble solids shall not be less than 15 per cent and the minimum acidity shall be 0.3 per cent as Citric acid.

•\.16.14 Tamarind Concentrate:—The product shall be derived from sound tama- rind. The Tamarind extract shall be properly strained and be free from pieces of stocks and fibrous matter. The concentrate shall have flavour characteristic of tamarind and free from burnt and any ofher objectionable flavour and taste, It shall be of good keeping quality. Canned tamarind concentrate shall not show any positive pressure at sea level. It shall be free from moulds, living or dead insects, insects fragments and rodent contamination.

It sh'all conform to the following standards, namely:—

(a) minimum percentage of acidity as tartaric acid. .. 9 per cent. (b) ash insoluble in dilute hydrochloric acid

. . not more than 0.8

per cent.

(c) total soluble Holids

.. Not less than 65 per

cent."

(c) in item A.18.06, in sub-clause (ii), the following shall be inserted at the end,

namely:—

"Bajra and wheat grains shall not contain ergot affected grains more than 0.15 per cent by weight,"

(d) after item A.27.01, and the entries relating thereto, the following item and

entries shall be inserted, namely:—

"A.28 Groundnut kernels for direct human consumption commonly known as Moonghphali are obtained from the plant arachis hypogoes. The kernels shall be free from non-edible seeds such 'as mahua, castor, neem or argemone rtc. It shall be free from colouring matter, preservatives or any other extraneous substance. The kermis shall confront to the following 8tftnd- ards, namely:—

fa) Moisture

.. .. Not more than 7 per cent,

(b) Damaged Kernel and slightly damaged Kernel Not more *h'an 5 per cent."

[N" ?. 15014/2/75-P.H.]

SHRAVAN KUMAR, It. Secy.

CED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OP INDIA PRESS?, MINTO ROAD, DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1 0 73