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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY

{ P ^ T H—SEC. 3(i)]

WCDN1STRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(Department of Health)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 13th April, 1981

G.S.R. 2?«HE).—-Whereas certain draft rules

further to

amend the Prevention of Food Adultetation Rules, 1955, were

published aa required by sub-section (1> 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. O.S.R.

15 16, dated the 24th November, 1979 at puges 2967 to 2975

of the Gazette of India, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i), dated

the 22nd December, 1979 for inviting objections and sugges-

tions from alt persons lively to be affected thereby before the

expiry of 60 days from the date on which the copies of the

Official Gazette 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 14ih January. 1980;

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-

gection (1) of the section 23 of the said Act, the Central

Government after connuUation with the Central Committee for

Food Standards, hereby makes thh© following rules further to

amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration kules,

1955,

namqly:-

RULES

1. (i) These rules may b« called the Prevention of Food

Adulteration (II Amendment) Rules, 1981.

(il) They shall come into force on the data of their pubiicar

(ion in the Official Gazette e.xceot rules 2 and 4 (d) which shall

tome into force six rnonths after the date of the publication.

2. In the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules,

1955

hereinafter referred to ai the said rules, in rule 49, after sub-

rule (10) the following sub-rules shall be inserted, namely :—

(11) No person shall sell Inclic acid for use in food except

under Indian Standards Institution Marks.

(12) The Katha prepared bv Bhattl method shall be con-

spicuously marked" ai *Bhatti Katha".

3. In rule 50 ot the said mica :•—

(a) in sub-rule (I-A), after the words "more articles of

food" the following shall be Inserted rlamoly "

"and also for different establishment? or premises in the

same loffal'area."

- ,

(b) foi sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule be substituted,

' rfftWely :

"(4) If

the articles

of food

pro

man^ft>c(ured,

Stored or exhibited for. gala at differeni

premises

'siTirated in more than¹ one local area^ separate appli-

cations shall be made, ap4 n separate licepce (hall ~Be

SBUf4 in resMcf of <|uch premises riot falling within

B same local area : '

f '""

Provided that the itinerant vendors

who have no

specified ptyce ^f business," shaU b$ licensed to

conduct business in a particular ar$a within the

jurisdiction the licensing authority:¹

4. In Appendix B to the said rules,

(a) in item A. 11.02.0S, in the first paragraph the words

'may be proportionately reduced but" appearing to-

wards its en<f sjwlr 1w omitted;

(b) in Item A. 15.07, for the words, figures, brackets and

letters "one part to 40,000 parts (25 ppm) by weight

of potaOTiufid jod^te or one, Rp.rt to 50,000

parts

(2Q

pprn) bv weight of

potassium iodide

e<}rjlvdlent iodine", tne Words, figure* mid tetters "the

potassium lodate content shall be In the range of

25—35 ppm at manufacturers level and shall not be

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less than 15 ppm Jn distribution channel including

retail level" shall bf substituted;

the following shall be inserted, namely :—

"A. 16.13—Spices based sauce.— Spices based

sauce

like chillies sauce shidl be the product de-

rived

from

any suitable

variety

spices

condiments,

singly

or in

combination.

Such apices shall be wholesome ind practically

free from fungal or insect attack. The only subs-

tance that may be added arc, spices-^fresh or

dried, sugar, salt, vinegar, acetic acid, citric acid,

fumaric Pjcid, onion, garlic, flavouring agents, per-

mitted preservatives, permitted stablizers and emul

sifters. It may contain caramel, but shall not

contain any coaltar food colour.

It may also

contain small quantities of vegetable, fruit pulp

or juice.

The total acidity in terms of acetic acid shall not be

less than 1.0 per cent and total soluble solids

shall not bo 1TO>S than 10.0 per cent by weight."

(d) In item A 21, the following proviso shall be added

at the end, namely •- —

"Provided that in case of Bhatti Katha, ths ash inso-

luble in dilute hydrochloric acid on dry basis shall

not be more than 1.5 per cent. The Bhatti Kntha

be marked as required in sub-rule (12) of rule

49."

INo. P. 150l4/9/77-PH(F&N)PFAJ

C. V. S. MANI, Addl. Secy.

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