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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. 59] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY. MARCH 1, 1984/PHALGUNA11,1905

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

1594 GI/83

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMfLY WELFARE

(Department of Health)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 1st March, 19S4

G.S.R. 87 (E).—The following draff of certain rules fur- ther to amend the Pievention of Food Adulteration Ruki, 1955, which the Central dovernment proposes to make, after consultation with the Central Committee for Food Standard*, in exercise of the power* conferred by sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, "1954 (37 of 1954), is hereby published as required by the said sub-section for the intormation of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into connid.>ration after the expiry of ninety days from the date Of which the copies of the Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public.

And objecttbfl or suggestion, which may be received from any person Twill respect to the laid draft rules before the expiry of the period sforesaid will be considered by the Central Government.

Objection* or suggestions, if any, may bo addressed to the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. De- partment of Health, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi.

DRAFT RULES

1, (1) These mles may be called the Prevention of Food Adulterat.on (Amendment) Rules, J984.

3. In rule 9-A of the said rule*, for th* word "immedU aiely" the worda "within a perjod of ten days" ihall be substituted.

4. In rule 15 of the said rules, for clause- (a), the follow- ing clause shall be substituted, namely :—

"(a) Code No, or serial number or both of Local (Health) Authority.

Explanation.—Code No. and serial number of sample shall be as given on the paper slip of the Local (Health) Authority".

5. In ruTe 17 of the said rules, in clauses (a) and (b), for the wordi "sealed packet' wherever they occur, th© word* "scparal* sealed packet" shall be substituted,

6. For rule 18 of the said rules, th* followinfl rule shall be substitued, namely :—

"18. A copy of the memorandum and a specimen im- pression of the seal used to seal the packet shall be despatched not later than th© succeeding work- Ing day, to il" Public Analyst separately by regis- tered post or delivered to him or to any person authorised by him immediately but not later than the succedinf woiklng day by any suitable means".

7. In rule 24 of the said rules--(i) for the woids "Artificially coloured", the words "contains permitted colours" shall be substituted.

(ii) the proviso occuring at the end shall be omitted!

R. For rule 32A of the said rules, the following rule shall be substituted, namely :—

32-A Nutritional food, energy food, special dietary fond, and special infant food.-—Subject to the provision of rule 32, the label of nutritional food, energy food, special die- tary food and special infant food, shall also bear the follow- ing details, namely :—•

fa) the approximate quantities of protein. available carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals by weight,

fb) the approximate quantity of any other nutrient for which a nutritional claim i* made.

(c) energy value in terms of keal per serving of the product or per 100 g or per 100 ml. of the product.

fd) protein efficiency ratio, in case the product U claimed to be of 'hieh protein¹ or "superior pro- tein" or "protein enriched",

(c) the amount of saturated fatty acids or poly un- saturated fatty acids, when a claim is made re- garding the amount and type of fatty acids.

Explanation I—The term 'nutritional food' or 'energy food' rnoaiui an article of food suggesting or implying that the article has particular nutritional properties or has energy value.

Explanation II.—The term "special dietary food" means an article of food which is specially processed or formulat- ed to satisfy particular dietary requirements which exist became of a phvRictil or physiological condition or specific reasons and disorders, The composition of the said article of food must differ significantly from the composition of normal food, if any, of comparuble nature.

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17. G.S.R. 1533 dt. 24-S-68 18. GS.R. 2163 dt. 14-12-68 (Corrigendum)

19. G.S.R. 532 dt. 8-3-69

any of the products mentioned in Appendix B, then such article of food shall be manufactured for sale, exhibited for sale or stored for sale, only after obtaining the approval of article of food and its labels from the Government of India."

20. G.S.R. 1764 dt. 26-7-69 (Corrigendum)

21. G.S.R. 2069 dt. 30-8-69

22. G.S.R. 1809 dt. 24-10-70

23. G.S.R. 938 dt. 12-6-71

24. G.S.R. 992 dt. 3-7-71

10. In Eub-rulo (2) of rule 10 of the said rules, the words, "The product containing udded natural flavour" t,hall be labelled as 'CONTAINS ADDED FLAVOUR' whereas the products containinc symhetic flavour, shall be labelled "ARTI- FICIALLY FLAVOURED", occurring at the end shall be omitted.

25. G.S.R. 553 dt. 6-5-72 ,

11. For sub-rule (1) of rule 50 of the said rules, the

26. G.S.R. 436(E) dt. 10-10-72

following sub-rul" shall be substituted, namely :—

27. G.S.R. 133 dt. 10-273

28. G.S.R. 205 dt. 23-2-74

"(1) No person shall manufacture, sell stock, distribute or exhibit for sale article of food, including prepared food or ready to serve food, except under a licence :

29. G.S.R. 850 dt. 12-7-75

30. G.S.R. 5O8(E) dt. 27-9-75

31. G.S.R. 63 (E) dt. 5-2-76

32. O.S.R. 754 dt. 29-5-76

33. G.S.R. 856 dt. 12-6-76

34. G.S.R. 1417 dt. 2-10-76

Provided that the fruit products covered under the Fruit Products Order, 1955, Solvent' extracted oils, de-oilcd meal and edible flour covered under the solvent Extracted oil, de-oilcd Nfeal and Edible Flour (Control) Order, 1967, and vanaspati covered under the Vegetable Oil Products Con- trol Order, 1947 and meat and poultry products covered under the Meat Food Products Order, 1973, shall be exempted from the above rale."

35. G.S.R. 4(E) dt. 4-1-77

12. After rule 64B of the said rules, the following rule

36. G.S.R. 18(E) dt 15-1-77

shall be inserted, namely :—

37. G.S.R. 651 (E) dt 20-10-77

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

"64 BB. Extraneous addition of flavouring agent to be mentioned on the label—Where an extraneous flavouring agent has been added to any article or food, there shall be written on the label attached to any package of food so flavoured, a statement in capital letters as below :—

41. G.S.R." 70(E) dt. 8-2-78

"CONTAINS PERMITTED FLAVOURS"

42. G.S.R. 238(E) dt. 20-4-78

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43. G.S.R. 393(E) dt. 4-3-78

13. In Appendix A to the said rules, (1) in Form II, to

para 1, the following shall be added at the end.namely :—

44. G.S.R. 590 (E) dt. 23-12-78

45. G.S.R. 55(E) dt. 31-1-79

" and I am of the opinion that "

46. S.O. 142(E) dt. 16-3-79 (Corrigendum) (2) in Form III, for the words "a sample of

47. G.S.R. 231(E) dt. 6-4-79

48. G.S.R. 423 dt 30-6-79 (Corrigendum) for analysis", the words "a sample of bearing code No. and/or Serial No. for analysis'' shall be substituted.

49. G.S.R. 1043 dt. 11-8-79 (Corrigendum)

50. G.S.R. 1210 dt. 29-9-79 (Corrigendum) (3) in form VII, for the figure and words " 1. Serial No. of the sample", the figure and words " 1. Code number and/or serial number of the sample" shall be ;-ubstii'uted.

51. G.S.R. 19(E) dt. 28-1-80

52. G.S.R. 243 dL 1-3-80

53. G.S.R. 244 dt. 1-3-80

54. G.S.R. 996 dt. 8-9-80 (Corrigendum) Note : Th© principal ruTes of 'Prevention of Food Adul- teration Rules, 1955 were first published in Part II Section 3 of the Gazette of India, vide SRO 2106 dated 12-9-55 and subsequently amended as follows by :—

55. G.S.R. 579(E) dt. 13-50-80

1. S.R.O. 1202 dt. 26-5-56

56. G.S.R. 652(E) dt 14-11-80

2. S.R.O. 1687 dt. 28-7-56

57. G.S.R. 710(E) dt. 22-12-80

3. S.R.O. 2213 dt. 28-9-56 (Extraordinary)

58. G.S.R. 23 (E) dt. 164,81

4. S.R.O. 2755 dt. 04-11-56

59. G.S.R. 2O5CE) dt. 25-3-81 (Corrigendum)

The further amendments were published in Part II, Sec-

60. G.S.R. 290(E) dt. 13-4-81

tion 3 sub-BecQon (i) of Gazette of India as follows by :

61. G.S.R. 444 dt. 2-5-81 (Corrigendum)

62. G.S.R. 503 (E) dL 1-9-81

63. G.S.R. 891 dt. 3-10-81 (Corrjgandnm)

64. G.S.R. 1056 dt. 5-12-81 (Corrfiendum)

65. G.S.R. 80 dt. 23-1-82 (Corrigendum)66. G.S.R. 44(E) dt 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) dt. 3-4-82 (Corrigendum) 70. G.S.R. 386 dt. 17-4-82 (Corrigendum) 71. G.S.R. 422(E) dt. 24-5-82 5. G.S.R. 514 dt. 28-6-58 6. G.S.R. 121? dt. 20-12-1958 7. G.S.R. 425 dt. 4-4-60 8. G.S.R. 169 dt. 11-2-61 9. G.S.R. 1134 dt. 16-9-61 JO. 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 13. G.S.R. 1814 dt. ll-!2-65 14. G.S.R. 74 dt. 8-1-66 15. GS.R. 382 dt, 19-3-66 16. G.S.R. 1256 dt. 26-8-67 72. G.SJL 476(E) dt 39-6-82 1504 GI/83—2

73. G.S.R. 504(E) dt. 20-7-82 (Corrigendum)

83. S.O. 743 dt. 23-9-83

74. G.S.R. 753 (E) dt. 11-12-82 (Corriscndum)

84. G.S.R. 790(E) dt. JO-10-83

75. G.S.R. 109(E) dt. 26-2-83

85. G.S.R. 803 (E) dt. 27-10-83

76. G.S.R. 249(E) dt. 8-3-83

86. SxO. 796(E) 1-11-83

77. G.S.R. 268(E) dt. 16-3-S3

87. G.S.R. 816(E) dt. 3-11-83

78. G.S.R. 283 (E) dt. 26-3-83

88. G.S.R. 829(E) dt.'7-11-83

79. G.S.R. 329(F.) dt. 14-4-S3 (Corrigendum)

89. G.S.R. 848(E) dt. 19-11-83

90. G.S.R. 893 (E) dt. 17-12-S3.

80. G.S.R. 539(E) dt. 1-7-83 (Corrigendum)

81. G.S.R. 634 dl. 9-8-83 (Corrigendum)

82. G.S.R. 6680B) dt 17-9-83

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