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REGISTERED NO. D. (D.N.)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 6] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1984/PAUSA 14, 1905

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation

1272 GI/83

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(Department of Health)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 4th January, 1984

G.S.R. 9(E).—The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955, which the Central Governrnsnt proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954) after consultation with Central Committee for Food Standards, is hereby published as required by sub-section (]) of the said section 23 for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideration after the expiry of ninety days from the date on which the copies of the Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to public.

Any objection or suggestion, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before the expiry of the period so specified, will be considered by the Central Government.

Objection or suggestion, if any, may be addressed to the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ninnan Bhavan, New Delhi.

DRAFT RULES

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

Adulteration (Amendment) Rules, 1983.

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

cation in the officilal Gazette.

2. In the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955 (here-

inafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 26,—

(a) clause (g) shall be omitted;

(b) for the Explanation the following Explanation shall

bo substituted, namely :—

"Explanation :—In the preparation of the solution of aanatto colour ia oil, any edible vegetable oil luted in

I

Appendix 'B' to these rules may be used either singly or in combination . ,"

3. Tn rule 29 of the said rules, for clause (1), the following

clause shall be substituted, namely :— >L(1) Bottled or canned, strawberries, peas and cherries".

4. In rule 48-A of the said rules, for clause (vi), the following

clause shall be substituted, namely :—

"(iv) All food colours, including natural colouring matters and permitted coal-tar food colours, their prepara- tions of mixtures, except saffron and curcumin, shall be sold only under Indian standard Institution certi- fication mark."

5. In Part X of the said rules, for the word "Preservative' wherever occurs the words "Food Preservative" shall be substituted.

6. In rule 53 of the said rules,—

(a) in clause (1),—

(i) item (e) and the entry relating thereto shall be

omitted;

(ii) after Hem (h) and the entry relating thereto, the following Item and entry shall be inserted,

namely :—

"(i) edible vegetable oil,";

(b) in clause (ii), in item (e), the word "and" shall be omitted and after item (f) and the entry relating thereto, the following items and entries shall be inserted, namely :— "(g) Methyl or propyl Parahydroxy Benzoic acid,

including esters or salts thereof,

(h) Propionic acid,

(i) Sodium-di-acctate, and

0) Sodium potassium and calcium salts of lactic

acid."

7. In rule 55 of the said rules, in the table,—

(a) in item No. 2, for sub-item (a) and the entries relating thereto, the following sub-item and entries shall be substituted, namely :—

Sulphur dioxide

"(a) Cherries

2000";

(b) after item 31 and the cnl ing items and entries si

:ries relating thereto, tl hall be inserted, namt

ie follow- > l y :-

(2)

(3) 0)

Sulphur dioxide

150 "32. (a) Soups (other than canned)

1500

Sulphur dioxide

(b) Dried soups (c) Dehydrated soup mix

1500

Sulphur dioxide

when packed in containers other than cans.

33. Fruits and vegetables,

Sulphur dioxide

600

flakes, powder, figs.

34. Flour for baked food

2500 3200 500 3800

Sodiumacetate or Propionates Methyl or propyl hydroxy benzoato or propinoates

Sulphur dioxide

600 36- Potato flakes, dried banana and similar savouries.

Benzole acid

120 37. Soluble coffee, soluble tea

o^ __ _ . {^_ . I LL

38. Spices and condiments Sulphur dioxide 400

.I¹?. Mi-^ellarurms 1'ou.li La.'tic a.:id or l.imiicl by Sodium, Good Manu- Potasiiiiim facluring or calcium Practice lactale (G.M.P.)"

8, In Pan X of the said rulcn, after rule 55A, the following

rule shall be msertcdwiamely :—

"55B. Restriction on use of nitruie and nitrite :—No nitrate or nitrite shall be added to any infant food. Explanation : -For the purpose of this rule, "infant food" means any food in respect of which any label ticket, notice or advertisement bears or includes any words, device or description calculated to mean directly or indirectly that such food hns been specifically prep ired for infants and children."

9. After Part XI of (he said rule?, the following Part shall be

inserted, namely :—

"PART XJ A—CROP CONTAMINANTS AND NATURALLY OCCURRING TOXIC SUBSTANCES

57-A Crop contaminants :—(1) Crop contaminant means any Substance not intentionally added to food, but which gets added to articles of food in the process of their production (including operations curried out in crop husbandry, animal husbandry and veterinary medicine), mtnufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, packaging, transport or holding of articles of food as such as a result of environmental contamination.

(2) No article of food specified in column (2) of the Table below shall contain any crop contaminant specified in column (I) thereof in excess of quantities specified in column (3) of the said Table :

TABLE

(,b) in the fifth proviso, the word, brackets and lettsrs "and butylated hydroxylolucne (BHT) either singly or in combination" shall be omittod.

11. In rule 62 of the said rules, for the proviso, the following

proviso shall be substituted, namely :—

"Provided that table sail, onion powder, garlic powder, fruit powder and soup powder miy coUain the following anticakins agents in quantities not cue-ceding 2 0 per cent, either singly or in combination, namely : —

(t) carbonates of calcium and magnesium.

(2) phosphate of calcium and magnesium.

(3) silicates of calcium, magnesium, aluminium or jodium

or silicon dioxide.

(.4) myrislates, palmitatj; or stearatcs of aluminium,

ammonium, calcium potassium or sodium".

12. In Part XIII of the said rules,

(a) for the heading, Ihe following heading shall be substi-

tuted namely :—

"PART XLII—FLAVOURING AGBNTS AND RELATED SUBSTANCES"

(b) for rules t>4, (J4A, 64AA and fi4B, the following rules

shall be substituted, namely : —

"64-Solvont in llivour.—NJ solvent, other than ihe following, shall be used in the preparation of flavouring agent, namely ; —

(i) Ethyl Alcohol (Food-Grade).

di) Propylene Glycol (Food-Grade),

(iii) Glycerol (Food-Grade),

(iv) Isfo-Propylalcohol (Food-Grade).

(v) Liquid Paraffin (Food-Grade),

(vi) Acetic acid fF-'od-Giad'.-).

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(2) " ! Ti C n l l c i - i l l V-

T A W .!

Tsktine of s e q u e s t e r i ng a nd G r o u p. >>l f o ol M a x i m um

buttering agents

1L-\C1 of u-.c

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IVe.h condiiMn free from rancid m nbtioyinus PI^VOUT.

It s l i ; ' 1l I I ' LV • 1 ' n l c r ni to t l i . _- f o l l i T ' - i n i;

. • < j i l i¹n i d - ..

(i) Total A ih . . Not inure ilian 1.2 per cent b\ weight

(it) A-ill insiilublt: in dilute hydrochloric a c i d . .. not

m ire than 5 pel" cent hy weight.

(iii) The tLinni.i content Not less than 0.1 per

ceni a nd more ihan 0-15 p e r c e n t . ";

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< n:^/V:y.)

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( 2) ( 3)

1, Acclit- Aci'i d) Acidulan'.. buffering Limited by

and neutvali-iny agents in G.M.P. beverages soft drink';. (iii in canned baby food-* 5,000

2, \dipic acid Salt substitute and 250

dietary loud

3, Ammonium Phos- Rre;id improver in flour 2,500

phnlc monobasic

•t. Ammonium As a leavening agent for 5,fM)0

Carbonate baked foods,

c infections

5. Calcium In confections 2,500

gluconate

6. Calcium As a neutrali/.cr in I D.000

carbonate number of foods

7. Calcium oxide As a neutrnluer in 2,500

specified dairy product

S. Citric acid Oirb.inated beverage Limited by Malic acid and as an acidulant in G.M.P.

miscellaneous foods

9 Gluconodelta Leavening agent cured 5,000

Lnctonc: meat or rtt'et prnducK

10 f>I. Lactic acid '\s aeidulani in Limited by (food urarfc) miscellaneous foods G.M.P.

1 I. Pbosihoric iicul Reveragcs, soft drinks 600

12. Poiyrhosphite fa) Processed'cheese, 40,000

containing '-'•'' bread tlwn 6 phosnhitc m ibties

(b) Milk prerr.!r:itiori\ 4.000 (c) Cake mixes 10,000 f-~\) Protc'n forvls 4 (')00

13. L( •!•) Tiirlarie AciiluUiits

(l(l()

acid

Note :—Dl Laclic aci.i Ll ; i Tarlunc :^r.l .,h-ll n it be addcL' to any fond mean¹ for children below II months (The lactic acid shall nK.o conform d, ihc spc-cifLaii'in laid down h\ the Indian Standards Institution I,"

14. In Appendix R to the v:iil rules,—

(I-) in items A.lh.01, A.lfi.03, A.lfi.04, A.16 05, A. 16.06, A.Hi.07, A. 16.00 and A. 1ft. 12, the words and figures "Fuuviric ;icid .ruiy be used upto a niaxinnun limit ol' 0.5 per cent ", shall be oiniUcd;

(cl in Hem A. 16-02 —

(il cl.'iisc (d'l shall be omitted and the following

pr IUSO shall be added at the end, namely :—

"Provided that canned tomato juice may also

contain extraneous permitted colour.";

(li) the words and ligure¹". "Fumaric acid may be used upto a nuximum limit of 0.5 percent.", occurring at the end shall be omitted.

Note;—The Principal rules of Prevention of Food Adulteration Rulci, J955 were fust published in Pjrt 11 Section 3 of the Gazette of India vMc S.R.O. 2106 dated 12-9-55 and subsequently amended as folluws by ;—

1. S.R.O. 120.1 dt. 26-5-56 2. S.R.O. 1CS7dl.2N-7-56

3. S.R.O. 2:.13 dt. 28-9-56 (l-\tryoniinarvl 4. S.R.O. 2755 (U.24-1l-5(>

The further amendment Were published in p an II, Section

3—sub-section (i) of Gazette of India as follows by :—

5. G.S.R. 514 dt. 2X-6-5S 6. G.S.R. 1211 dt. :0-l?-5S 7. G.S.R.425 dt. 4-4-60 8. G.S-R- 169 d t. 11-2-61 9. G.S.R. 1134 dl. 16-9-61 10. G.S.R. 1.1-lOdt.4-11-61 11. G.S.R. 15ft* dt. 34-11-62 12. G.S.R. 15891:1. 22-10-61 M. G.S.R. 1814 dt. 11-12-65 14. G . S . R . - M d t . t f - l ^h 15. G.S.R. 3 s : d (. 19-3-ftY 16. G.S.R. 1256 dt. 26-867 17. G.S.R. 1533 dt. 24-8-68 18. G.S.R, 2163 ill. H-l2-68(Coni!wndur,i) 19. G.S.R. 532 d l. 8-3-69 20. G.S.R. l7

2h, G.S.R. 436 (E)dt, 10-10-72 27. G.S.R. 133 dt. 10-2-73 28 G.S.R. 205 dt. 23-2-74

mimt'lj : —

"A. l().0H.~r-l r,,b p ,H'der means the powder obtaine I

frr.ni Ihi n".s'-.1 s cU of C! r . n i o n id Si]iqua (U Taub (l-am. L?guniim!.ae) and shill be fi,;c from hu^k It shall he f ree from any artiflciwl calourins, flavourins. cvtraneous matter or gla^inj. substance and ihr.ll be in sound dry an,i 29. G.S.R. 850 dt. P-7-7^ 30. G.S.R. 508 (L) dl. 27-9-75 31. G.S.R. 63 ( I) d(. 5_:-76 32. G.S.R. 754 dt. 29-5-76 33. G.S.R. 856 dl. 12-6-7ft 3'1. G.S.R. 1417 dl. 2-10-76 -15. G . S . R. 4 (E> fit. 4-1-77

36. G.S.R. 18 ( E l d t. I'M-77 37. G.S.R 651 (El dt 20-10-77

65. G.S.R. 80 dt. 23-1-82 (Corrigendum) 66. G.S.R. 44 (E)dl. 5-2-82 67. G.S.R. 57 (E)dt. 11-2-82 68. G.S.R. 245 (E) dt. 11-3-82 69. G.S.R. 307 (E) dl. 3-4-82 (Corrigendum) 70. G.S.R.. 380 dt. 17-4-82 (Corrigendum) 71. G.S.R. 422 (E) dt. 24-5-82 72. G.S.R. 476 (E) dt. 29-6-R2 73. G.S.R. 504 (E) dt. 20-7-82 (Corrigendum) 74. G.S.R. 753 (E) dt. 11-12-82 (Corrigendum) 75. G.S.R. 109 (E)dt. 26-2-83 76. G.S.R. 259 (E)dt, 8-3-83 77. G.S.R. 268 (E) dt. 16-3-83 78. G.S.R. 283 (E) dt. 26-3-83 74. G.S.R. 329 (E) dt. 14-4-83 (Corrigendum) 80. G.S.R. 539 (E) dt. 1-7-83 (Corrigendum) 81. G.S.R. 634 dt. 9-8-83 (Corrigendum) 82. G.S.R. 668(E)dt. 17-9-83 83. S.O. 743 dt. 23-9-K3 84. G.S.R. 790 (E) dt. 10-10-83 85. G.S.R. 803 (E) dt. 27-10-83 86. S.O. 786(E)dt. 1-11-83 87. G.S.R. 816(E)dt. 3-11-83 88. G.S.R. 829 (E) dt. 7-11-83 89. G.S.R. 848(E)dt. 19-11-83

38. G.S-R. 732 (E)dt. 5-12-77 39. G.S.R- 775 (E) dt. 27-12-77 40. G.S.R. 36 (E)dt. 21-1-78 41. G.S.R. 70 (E) dt. 8-2-78 42. G.S.R. 238 (E) dt. 20-4-78 43. Q.S.R. 393 (E) dt. 4-8-78 44. G.S.R. 590 (E) dl. 23-12-78 45. G.S.R. 55 (E)dt. 31-1-79 46. S.O. 142 (E) dt. 16-3-79 (Corrigendum) 47. G.S.R. 231 (E) dt. 6-4-79 48. G.S.R. 423 dt. 30-6-79 (Corrigendum) 49. G.S.R. 1043 dt. 11-8-79 (Corrigendum) 50. G.S.R. 1210 dt. 29-9-70 (Corrigendum) 51. G.S.R. 19 (E)dt. 28-1-80 52. G.S.R. 243 dt, 1-3-80 53. G.S.R. 244 dt. 1-3-80 54. G.S.R. 996 dt. 8-9-80 (Corrigendum) 55. G.S.R. 579 (E) dt. 13-10-80 56. G.S.R. 652 (E) dt. 14-11-80 57. G-S.R. 710 (E)dt. 22-12-80 58. G.S.R. 23 (E) dt. 16-1-81 59. G.S.R. 205 (E) dt. 25-3-81 (Corrigendum) 60. G.S.R. 290 (E)dt. 13-4-81 61. G.S.R. 444 dt. 2-5-81 (Corrigendum) 62. G.S.R. 503 (E) dt. 1-9-81 63. G.S.R. 891 dt. 3-10-81 (Corrigendum) 64. O.S.R, 1056 dt. 5-12-81 (Corrigendum)

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