REGISTERED No. D. (D.N)-72
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (1)
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2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY
WELFARE
(Department of Health)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th October, 1983
G.S.R. 803 (E).—Whereas certain draft rules further to amend the Prevention of Food Adul- teration Rules, 1955 were published as required by sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 (37 of 1954) with the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (De- partment of Health) No. GSR 269, dated the 23rd February 1980, and subsequently republished with the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (De- partment of Health) No. GSR 1057; dated the 23rd September 1980 and No. GSR 490, dated the 14th May 1982 respectively of the Gazette of India, Part n, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), dated the 23rd February 1980, 23rd September 1980 and 14th May 1982, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of ninety days from the date on which copies of the official Gazette in which the last mentioned notification was published were made available to the public ;
And whereas the copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on the 29th May 1982 ;
And whereas the obejctions and suggestions re- ceived from the public on the said draft rules have been considered by the Central Government ;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers con- ferred by sub-section (1) of section 23 of the said Act, the Central Government after consulta- tion with the Central Committee for Food Stan- dards, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955, namely :—
RULES
1. (1) These rules may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 1983.
(2) They shall come into the force on the date
of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules
1955, in Appendix 'B*,—
(a) for item A. 05.07, the following item
shall be substituted, namely :—
"A. 05.07—Cloves (Laung) whole means the dried, unopened flower buds of
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Eugenia Caryophyllus (C, Sprengel) BuUock and Harrison. The inorganic extraneous matter shall not exceed 0.5 per cent by weight and the organic extraneous matter, which includes vegetable matter of plants other than cloves, tendril cloves (peduncle), mother cloves or other matters of plants of cloves, shall not exceed two per cent by weight. (Headless cloves shall not be considered as extraneous matter). The amount of insect damag- ed clove shall not exceed 1.0 per cent by weight.
The cloves (on dry basis) shall contain not less than 15.0 per cent (v|w) of volatile oil. It shall be free from added colouring matter.
EXPLANATION :
(i) The term "insect damaged clove" means the cloves that are partially or wholly bored by insects.
(ii) The term "headless cloves" means cloves constituted only by the receptacle and sepals.";
(b) in item A.05.07.01, for the words "Eugenia carryophyllate thumb", the words and brackets, "Eugenia carry- phyllus (C. Sprengel) Bullock and Har rison" shall be substituted.
(c) hi note (2) occurring after item A.05.23, the letter and figures "A.05.07" shall be omited.
NOTE : The Principal rules of Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules 1955 were first published in Part II Section 3 of the Gazette of India vide S.R.O. 2106 dated 12-9-55 and subsequently amended as follows by :—
1. S.R.O. 1202 dt. 26-5-56 2. S.R.O 1687 dt. 28-7-56 3. S.R.O. 2213 dt. 28-9-56 (Extraordinary) 4. S.R.O. 2755 dt. 24-11-56
The further amendments were published in part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of Gazette of India as follows by :—
5. G.S.R. 514 dt. 28-6-58 6. G.S.R. 1211 dt. 2042-58. 7. GSR. 425 dt. 4-4-60. 8. G.S.R. 169 dt. 11-2-61 9. G.S.R. 1134 dt. 16-9-61 10. G.S.R. 1340 dt. 4-11-61 11 G.S.R. 1564 dt. 24-11-62 12. G.S.R. 1589 dt. 22-10-64
4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— SEC. 3(i)]13. G.S.R. 1814 dt. 11-12.-65 48. G.S.R. 423 dt. 30-6-79 (Corrigendum) 14. G.S.R. 74 dt. 8-1-66 49. G.S.R. 1043 dr. 11-8-79 (Corrigendum) r, 15. G.&R. 382 dt. 19'3-66 50. G.S.R. 1210 dt. 29-9-79 (Corrigendum) 16. G.S.R. 1256 dt. 26-8-67 51. G.S.R. 19(E) dt. 28-1-80 17. G.S.R. 1533 dt. 24 8-69 52. G.S.R. 243 dt. 1-3-80 18. G.S.R. 2163 dt. 14-12-68 (Corrigendum) 53. G.S.R. 244 dt. 1-3-80 19. G.S.R. 532 dt. 8-3-69 54. G.S.R. 996 dt. 8-9-80 (Corrigendum) 20. G.S.R. 1764 dt 26-7-69 (Corrigendum) 55. G.S.R. 579(E) dt. 13-10-80 21. G.S.R. 2068 dt. 30-8-69 56. G.S.R. 652(E) dt. 14-11-80 22 G.S.R. 1809 dt. 2410-70 57. G.S.R. 71O(E) dt. 22-12-80 23. G.SrR. 938 dt. 12-6-71 58. G.S.R. 23(E) dt. 16-1-81 24. G.S.R. 992 dt. 3-7-71 59. G.S.R. 205 (E) dt 25-3-81 (Corrigendum) 25. G.S.R. 553 dt. 6-5-72 60. GSR 290(E) dt. 13-4-81. 26. G.S.R. 436(E) dt. 10-10-72 61. G.S.R. 444 dt. 2-5-81 (Corrigendum) 27. G.S.R. 133 dt. 10-2-73 62. G.S.R. 5O3(E) dt. 1-9-81 28. G.S.R. 205 dt. 23-2-74 63. G.S.R. 891 dt. 3-10-81 (Corrigendum) 29. G.S.R. 850 dt. 12-7-75 64. G.S.R. 1056 dt. 5-12-81 (Corrigendum) 30. G.S.R. 508 (E) dt. 27-9-75 65. GSR 80 dt. 23-1-82 (Corrigendum) 31. G.S.R. 63(E) dt. 5 2-76 66. G.S.R. 44116-3-79 (Corrigendum) [No. P. 15014|5j80-PH(F&N) PFA Vol. ITJ 47. G.SR. 231(E) dt 6-4-79 S. V SUBRAMANIYAN, Jt. Secy.