THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II—SEC. 3(ij]

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMtLY WELFARE

(Department of Health)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the lftlh January, 19H1

GSR- 23(E).—Whereas certain draft mles further to amend

the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955, were published

as required by sub-section (\) of section 23 of the Prevention of

Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954) with the notification

of Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family

Welfare (Department of Health) No. G S.R 1280 dated the 28th

September, 1979 at pages 23S6-2387 of the Gazette of India, Part

II, S:ction 1, Sub-section (I) dated 20th October, 1979 for invit-

ing obj^lions and suggestions from all the persons likely to be

affected thereby before expiry of 45 days from the date on which

the 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 were made avail-

able to the public on the 20th October, 1979;

And whereas the objections and suggestions received from

the publje on |fho) draft rules have been considered by the

Central Government.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-

jection (1) of section 23 of the said Act, the Central Government

after consultation with Central Committee for Food Standards,

hereby mql^s the following rules further to amend the Prevent-

tion of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955, namely :—

RULES

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

Adulteration (1st Amendment) Rules, 1981.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication

in the Official Gazette, except rules 2 and 3 which shall come into

force after the expiry of six months from the date of publication

af th^se rules.

2. In ths Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1953, (here-

ifter referred to as said Rules), in rule 42 after sub-rule (U), the

Following shall be inserted, namely :—

"(V) Every container or package of table salt containing

aluminium silicate as anticaking agent shall bear the

following label, namely :—

TABLE SALT

(Contains permitted anti-caking agent)

3. In rule 49 of the said rules, after sub-rule (9) the following

sub-rule shall be inserted, namely : —

"(10) Table salt containing an anticaking agent shall be sold

only in a package which shall bear the label as specified

in sub-rule (V) of rule 42".

4. In Appendix B of the said rules, for item A, 15, the follo-

wing shall be substituted, namely :—

"A. 15—Edible common salt means a crystalline solid, white,

pale pint, or light grey in colour fre; from visible contamination

with clay, grit and other extraneous adulterant and impurities.

It shall not contain moisture in excess of six per cent of the weight

of the undned sample. The sodium chloride content (as NaCl)

and the matter soluble in water other than sodium chloi ide on dry

weight basis shall be as specified in clumns (2) and (3) of the Table

below again* the period of validity mentioned in the cones-

ponding cntrv in column (1) of ttv; said Table. The matter

insoluble in water shall not exceed 1.0 per cent by weight on diy

weight basis

TABLE

Period of Validity

Minimum

percentage

of sodium

chloride

content as

NaCL (on

dry basis)

Minimum

percentage

of matter

soluble in

water other

than sodium

chloride (on

dry basis)

Upto 31-3-82

from 1-4-82 to 31-3-83

from 1-4-83 to 31-3-84

94.0

94.5

95.0

5.0

4.5

4.0

from 1-4-84 to 31-3-85

from 1-4-85 oawards

95.5

96.0

3.5

3.0

Provided that table salt may contain aluminium silicate as

an anticaking agent to a maximum extent of 2.0 per cent;

Providod further that the total matter Insoluble in water in

such cases shall not exceed 2.2 per cent and the sodium chloride

content on dry basis shall not be less than 97.0 per cent by weight"

[No. P. 15018/3/76-PH(F&N)PFAJ

C. V. S. MANX, Addl. Secy.

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