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Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules

Part – I Preliminary

Section 2: Definition

(a) "Act" means the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954);
(b) " Director" means the Director of the Laboratory;
(c) "Laboratory" means Central Food Laboratory;
(d) "Form" means a Form set forth in Appendix A to these rules;
(da) "infant" means a child not more than twelve months of age;
(db) "infant food" means any food (by whatever name called) being marketed or otherwise represented as complement to mother's milk to meet the growing nutritional needs of infant after age of four months;
(dc) " infant milk substitute" means any food being marketed or otherwise represented as partial or total re-placement for mother's milk, whether or not it is suitable for such replacement".
(e) " Local Authority" means :-
(i) in the case of sea ports, the health Officer as defined in the Indian Port Health Rules, 1955, in respect of that portion of local areas falling within the jurisdiction of the ports;
(ii) In the case of airports, the Health Officer as defined in the Indian Aircrafts (Public Health) Rules, 1954, in respect of that portion of the local areas falling within the jurisdiction of the airport.
(iii) In the case of all railway stations or gr oups of railway stations (including any railway colony, office, yard, goods -shed, transshipment shed, workshop and other works owned and maintained by the Railway Administration for the purpose or in connection with Railways) the Medical Superintendent /
Divisional Medical Officer of the Railways in respect of that portion of the local area falling within the jurisdiction of the said railway station or group of
railway stations.
(iv) in the case of an ordnance factory or equipment factory, the General Manager of such factory or equipment factory or both.