The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 300] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1982/ASHVINA 20, 1904
Separate Paging Is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate
compilation
"2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PAftf: - ^ ^ p i ' ^ ) ], The objections and suggestions, if nny, may be sent to the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirmal Bhawan, New Delhi.DRAFT RULES
1. These rules mayi be called the Prevention ol Food
Adulteration (Amendment) Rules, 1982.
2. In the Prevention of Focy Adulteration Rules, 1955 (hereinafter refened to as the aaid rules), in rule 49, oi'ter sub-rule (14) the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:—
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Department of Health)
NOTIFICATION
Now Delhi, the 12th October, 19o2
GS&. 611(E).—The following draft rules further to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955 which the Central Government proposes to make, after consultation with the Cen'.ral Committee for Food StHndaids, in exercise of the powsrg conferred by sub-section (1) of Kctlon 23 of tho Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, JJW4 (37 of 1954), is hereby published, as required by the SSjd sub-section (1), for the Information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the sakl draft rules will be- taken into consideration after the expiry of ninety days from the date on which ihe copies of tho Gazette of India in which this notification is publish- t$n are made available lo tho public.
-Any objections or suggestions, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before tho expiry of the period aforesaid will be considered by the Central Government.
"(15) No person shall store or expose for sale or per- mit the sale of any insecticide* in the same pre- mises where articles of food are stored, manufac- tured or exposed for sale.
Explanation;—For the purposes of this sub-rule tho ex- pression "insecticide" shall have the meaning assign- ed to it in the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968)."
3. Rule 63 of the said rules shall bo re-numbered as sub- j-ule (2) thereof and before sub-rule (2) as so renumbered the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely :—
"(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (2) no in- secticides shall be used directly on foodgrains,"
4. In Appendix B to the buid rules, in item A. 19, for clause (xi), the following clause shall be substituted, namely ; —
"(xi) It shall contain not less than 25 i.u. of synthetic Vitamin 'A' per gram at the time of packing and any sample taken Pt the retails point shall show positive test for Vitamin A."
[F. No. P 15O14/2/82-PH(F&N)PFA (Pt.)]
R. K. STNGHAL, It. Secy.