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Prevention of Food Adulteration Act,1954 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....artificial colouring or chemical preservative, without a declaratory label stating that fact, or in contravention of the requirements of this Act or rules made thereunder; (k) if it is not labelled in accordance with the requirements of this Act or rules made thereunder; (x) "package" means a box, bottle, casket, tin, barrel, case, receptacle, sack, bag, wrapper or other thing in which an article of food is placed or packed; (xi) "premises" include any shop, stall, or place where any article of food is sold or manufactured or stored for sale; (xii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 6 [(xiia) "primary food" means any article of food, being a produce of agriculture or horticulture in its natural form;] (xiii) "sale" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the sale of any article of food, whether for cash or on credit or by way of exchange and whether by wholesale or retail, for human consumption or use, or for analysis, and includes an agreement for sale, an offer for sale, the exposing for sale or having in possession for sale of any such article, and includes also an attempt to sell any such article; (xiv).....

The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

THE PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT, 1954 THE PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT, 1954 (37 of 1954) [Act as on Date - Modified up to 1995] [29th September 1954] An Act to make provision for the prevention of adulteration of food. (1) This Act may be called The prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. (2) It extends to the whole of India a*[..................]. (3) It shall come into force on such date b*[ ]as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. [a] Words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by the Prevention of Food Adulteration (Amendment) Act, 1971 (41 of 1971), section 2 (26-1-1972). [b] 1st June 1955" S.R.O.1085, dated 9th May, 1955, published in Gaz.of Ind., 21-5-1955, Pt.II, S.3, p.874. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- a* [ (i) "adulterant" means any material which is or could be employed for the purposes of adulteration; ] a*[(ia)] "adulterated" " an article of food shall be deemed to be adulterated- (a) if the article sold by a vendor is a not of the nature, substance or quality demanded by the purchaser and is to his prejudice, or is not of the.....