AMENDMENTS TO THE PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION RULES 1955

AMENDMENTS TO THE PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION RULES 1955 The Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Department of Health has issued a draft notification proposing amendment to the standards of milk products under Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955. This notification has been published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) vide G.S.R. 208(E) dated 25.3.2008. By this amendment, it is proposed to permit use of some more food additives in cheese, processed cheese, processed cheese spread, yoghurt, ice-cream, kulfi, dried ice-cream mix, frozen desserts, milk ice, milk lollies, ice candy and chhana/paneer, to revise the standards of ice-cream, kulfi, chocolate ice-cream or softy ice-cream, dried ice-cream mix or frozen dessert or confection, frozen dessert or frozen confection, milk ice or milk lollies and to lay down standards of full cream chakka and full cream shrikhand. The microbiological parameters are also proposed for milk and milk products at manufacturing level. A time period for sixty days has been given for sending objections/suggestions. The notification is available on the website of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare i.e. http://www.mohfw.nic.in/pfa.htm. Objections/suggestions, if any, on the proposed draft rules, may be sent to the Secretary, Department of Health, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi within the stipulated period.

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