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684 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART Ii—Sec. 3(i)]685
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Department of Hculth)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 4th August, 1978
G.S.R. 393(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) on pages 1605 to 1608 of the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), Part II, Section 3(i), dated the 13th July, 1976, under the notifi- cation of the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Planning (Department of Health) No. GSR 450 (E) dated the 13th July, 1976, inviting objections and sugges- tions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, till the expiry of forty-live days from the date on which the copies of the said notification were made avaiable lo the public:
And whereas copies of the said notification were made
available to the public on the 13th July, 1976
And whereas objections and suggestions received from the public on the said draft notification have been considered hy the Central Government ;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub- section (I) of section 23 of the said Act, the Central Govern- ment, aft*r consultation with the Central Committee for Food Standards, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955, namely: —
1. (I) These rules may be called the Prevention of Food
Adulteration (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 1978.
(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, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 42, after sub- rule (s), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:—
"(T) Every package of coaltar food colour preparation and mixture shall bear a label upon which is printed a declara- tion giving the percentage of total dye content'".
3. In Appendix 'B' to the said rules, -
after item A.26.10, the following items shall be inserted, namely :
"A.26.11 Ponceau 4R : Common name : Ponceau 4R
Synonyms : C.I. Food Red 7, labensmittel Rol No. 4,
Coccine Nouvelle, Cochineal Red A E.E.C. Serial No. ti.124.
Colour of the
0.1 per cent (m/v)
solution in distilled
water: Red Colour Index No. (1956) No. : 16255 Class : Monoazo Chemical name: Trisodium salt of K-4-sulpho-l-
naphthylazo)-2-naphthol-6-8-disul-
phonic acid.
Empirical formula : Cao Hn N; Ojo Sa Nns Molecular Weight : 604.5
686 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART U—Sec. 3(i )1General requirements : The material shall be free from mercury, selenium and chromium in any form, aromatic niiro compounds ; aromatic hydrocarbons and cyanides.
Ponceau 4R shall also comply with the following requirements, namely:-
Characteristics
Requirements
2
s. No. ~
Class : Monoazo. Chemical Name - Disodium Salt of l-4(4-sulpho-l-iuiphlhy-
azo)-2-naphihol-6-sulphonic acid.
Empirical Formula - do Hla N.,07 S" Naa. Molecular Weight - 502.44. General Requirements:—The material shall be free from mercury, selenium and chromium in any form, aromatic amines, aromatic nitro compounds, aromutic hydrocarbons, and cyanides.
Hast Red E shall also comply with the following requirements
F" ~
Not less than 80.
1.
Not more than • 10.
Not more than 0.5 3.
Not more than 0.5 4.
Not more ihan 1 .0 Not more than 0.5 Not more than 3. Not more than 10.
Pure dye content per cent by mass corrected for sample dried at 105 -h 1-C for 2 hours. Volatile matter at 135 C per cent by mass. Water insoluble mutier per cent by mass. Combined ether, extracts : per cent by mass. Subsidiary dyes, per cent by mass Dye intermediate, per cent by mass Arsenic, parts per million. Lead, parts per million.
5. 6. 7. 8.
A.26.12 : Carmoisine : Common name : Carmoisine Synonyms : Azorubine, C.I. Food Red 3, E.E.C Serial No.E.
122.
Colour of ihc 0.1 percent (m/v) solution in Distilled Water
Red.
Colour Index Number-(1956) No. 14720. Class - Monoazo. Chemical Name - Disodium salt of 2-(4-sulpho-l-naphthy-
Iazo)-1 -naphthol-4-su Iphon ic acid.
Empirical Formula - C~ H13 Na O7 Sj Naa. Molecular weight - 502.44. General Requirements : —The material shall be free from mercury, selenium and chromium in any form, aromatic ami- nes; aromalic-nitro compounds; aromatic hydrocarbons and cyanides. Carmoisine shall also comply with the following requirements, namely:—
Characteristic
Requirement
s.
2
No. 1
3
Not less than 85, 1. Pure dye content, per cent by mass corrected for sample dried at,
105 ± VC for 2 hours.
2.
Not more than 10.
3.
Not more than 0.5
4.
Nol more Ihan 0.5
5.
6. 7.
Volatile matter at 135'C percent by mass. Water insoluble matter, per cent by mass. Combined ether extracts, per cent by mass. Subsidiary Dyes, per cent by mass. Dye intermediate per cent by mass. Arsenic, parts per million. Lead, parts per million.
8.
Not more than 1 .0 Not more than 0.5 Not more than 3. Not more than 10.
A.26.13 Fast Red E : Common name : Fast Red E. Synonyms : C.I. Food Red 4, Rouge Solidc E. Colour of the 0.1 per cent (m/v) solution in Distilled Water
Red.
Colour Index Number - (1956) - No. 16045.
namely:—
Characteristics
Requirements s.
2
No. 1
3
1.
Nol less than 85.
1
Not more than 10.
3.
Not more ihan 0.5
4.
Nol more than 0.5
t.
Pure dye content, percent by mass corrected for sample dried at (05 •.[-_ l'C'for 2 hours. Volatile matter at 135 C per cem by mass. Water insoluble matter, per cent by mass. Combined ether extracts, per cent by mass- Subsidiary dyes, per cent by mass, Dye intermediates per cent by mass Arsenic, parts per million. Lead, parts per million.
Not more than 4.0 Not more than 0.5. Not more than 3. Not more tha 10,
A.26.14 Coal-tar food colour preparations and mixtures: Colour preparation : Colour preparation means a pre- paration containing one or more of the permitted coal-tar food colours along with diluents and/or filler material and meant to be used for imparting colours to foods.
Colour mixture:—Colour mixture means a mixture of two or more permitted coal-tar-food colours without diluents and filler material and meant to bo used for imparting colours to foods.
Permitted coal-tar food colours used in preparation or in mixture shall conform to relevant prescribed specillcations. The colour preparation shall be cither in the form of liquid or powder. The liquid preparation shall be reasonably free from sediments. The powder preparation shall be reasonably free from lumps and any visible extraneous or foreign matter. Colour preparation or mixutre may contain preservatives and stabilizers permitted under these rules.
Only the following diluents or filler materials ' shall be
permitted to be used in colour preparation, namely:—
(a) Potable water. (b) Edible common salt. (c) Sugar. (d) Dextrose monohydratc. (e) Liquid Glucose. (f) Sodium sulphate. (g) Tartaric acid, (h) Glycerine. (i) Propylene glycol, food grade. (j) Acetic acid, dilute. (k) Sorbitol, food grade. (I) Citric acid. The total coal-tar dye content per cent by mass (m/m) in colour preparation or in mixture shall be declared on the label of the container. In powder preparation, LIIC declared value shall be on moisture free basis and in case of liquid preparation on "as is basis" and the total dye content shall be within i 15 per cent of the declared value. Colour prepara- tion and colour mixlure shall also comply with the following requirements, namely:—
1. Water insoluble matter, per cent Not more than 1.0
by mass.
2. Arsenic as (As) parts per million, Not more than 3 3. Lead at (Pb) parts per million. Not more than 10
Note:—All requirements shall be on dry basis".
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