(1) Every utensil or container used for manufacturing, preparing or containing any food or ingredient of food intended for sale shall be kept at all times in good order and repair and in clean and sanitary condition. No such utensil or container shall be used for any other purpose.
(2) No person shall use for manufacturing, preparing or storing any food or ingredient of food intended for sale any utensil or container which is imperfectly enamelled or imperfectly tinned or which is made of such materials or is in such a state as to be likely to injure such food or render it noxious.
(3) Every utensil or container containing any food or ingredient of food intended for sale shall at all times be either provided with a tightfitting cover or kept closed or covered by a properly fitting lid or by a closed fitting cover or gauze, net or other material of a texture sufficiently fine to protect the food completely from dust, dirt and flies and other insects.
(4) No utensil or container used for the manufacture or preparation of or containing any food or ingredient of food intended for sale shall be kept in any place in which such utensil or container is likely by reason of impure air or dust or any offensive, noxious or deleterious gas or substance or any noxious or injurious emanations, exhalation, or euffluvium, to be contaminated and thereby render the food noxious.
(5) A utensil or container made of the following materials or metals, when used in the preparation, packaging and storing of food shall be deemed to render it unfit for human consumption.
(i) containers which are rusty :
(ii) enamelled containers which have become chipped and rusty;
(iii) copper or brass containers which are not properly tinned
(iv) containers made of aluminium not conforming in chemical composition to IS: 20 specification for Cast Aluminum and Aluminium Alloy for utensils or IS:21 specification for wrought Aluminium and Aluminium Alloy for utensils; and
(v) containers made of plastic materials not conforming to the following Indian Standards Specification, used as appliances or receptacles for packing or storing whether partly or wholly, food articles, namely:-
(a) IS :10146 (Specification for Polyethylene in contact with foodstuffs);
(b) IS : 10142 (specification for styrene Polyethylene in contact with foodstuffs);
(c) IS: 10151 (Specification for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), in contact with foodstuffs);
(d) IS: 10910 (Specification for Polypropylene in contact with foodstuffs).
(e) IS: 11434 (Specifications for ionomer resins in contact with foodstuffs).
(f) IS: 11704-(Specification for Ethylene Acrylic Acid (EAA) copolymer).
(g) IS: 12254 -(Specification for Poly alkylene terephathalates) (PET).
(h) IS: 12247-(Specification for Nylon 6 Polymer);
(i) IS 13601-(Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA))
(j) IS 13576- (Ethylene Metha Acrylic Acid (EMM)).
(vi) Tin and plastic containers once used shall not be reused for packaging of oils and fats.
Provided that utensil or containers made of copper though not properly tinned may be used for the preparation of sugar confectionery or essential oils and mere use of such utensils or containers shall not be deemed to render sugar confectionery or essential oils unfit for human consumption.
(6) No person shall sell compounded asafoetida exceeding one kilogram in weight except in sealed container with a label.
(7) No person shall sell Hingra without a label on its container upon which is printed a declaration in the from specified in Rule 42
(8) No person shall sell Titanium dioxide (food grade) except under Indian Standards Institution Certification Mark.
(9) No person shall sell salseed fat for any other purpose except for Bakery and Confectionery and it shall be refined and shall bear the label declaration as laid down in rule 42. (T).
(10) Edible common salt or iodised salt or iron fortified common salt containing anticaking agent shall be sold only in a package which shall bear the label as specified in sub-rule (V) of rule 42,
(l0A) Iron fortified common salt shall be sold only in high density polyethylene bag (HDPE) (14 mesh, density l00 kg/m3, unlaminated) package which shall bear the label as specified in sub-rule (VV) of rule 42.
(11) No person shall sell lactic acid, for use in food except under Indian Standards Institution Marks
(12) The Katha prepared by 'Bhatti method shall be conspicuously marked as "Bhatti Katha."
(13) All edible oils, except coconut oil, imported in crude, raw or unrefined form shall be subjected to the process of refining before sale for human consumption. Such oils shall bear a label declaration as laid down in Rule 42 (W).
(14) Dried Glucose Syrup containing sulphur-dioxide exceeding 40 ppm shall be sold only in a package which shall bear the label as specified in sub-rule (X) of rule 42
(15) No person shall store, expose for sale or permit the sale insecticide in the same premises where articles of food are stored, manufactured or exposed for sale
Provided that nothing in this sub-rule shall apply to the approved household insecticides which have been registered as such under the insecticides Act 1968 (46 of 1968).
(Explanation) :- For the purpose of this sub-rule, the word 'insecticide' has same meaning as assigned to it in the Insecticides Act, 1968 ( 46 of 1968)
(16) Condensed milk sweetened, condensed skimmed milk, sweetened milk powder, skimmed milk powder and partly skimmed milk powder and partly skimmed sweetened condensed milk shall not be sold except under Indian Standards Institution Certification Mark.
(17) No person shall sell mineral oil (food grade) for use in confectionery except under Indian Standards Institution Certification Mark.
(18) No person shall sell confectionery weighing more than 500 gms except in packed condition and confectionery sold in pieces shall be kept in glass or other suitable containers.
(Explanation) :- For the purposes of sub-rule (17) and (18) "Confectionery" shall mean sugar boiled confectionery, lozenges and chewing gum and bubble gum:
(19) No person shall manufacture, sell, store or exhibit for sale an infant milk food, infant formula and milk cereal based weaning food and processed cereal based weaning food except under Bureau of Indian Standards Certification Mark
(20) No person shall sell protein rich atta and protein rich maida except in packed condition mentioning the name of ingredients on the label.
(21) The Blended Edible Vegetable Oils shall not be sold in loose form. It shall be sold in sealed package weighing not more than 5 kg. It shall also not be sold under the common or generic name of the oil used in the blend but shall be sold as Blended Edible Vegetable Oil'. The sealed package shall be sold or offered for sale only under AGMARK certification mark bearing the label declaration as provided under rule 42 and rule 44 besides other labelling requirements under these rules.
(22) Coloured and flavoured table margarine shall only be sold in a sealed package weighing not more than 500 gms with a label declaring addition of colour and flavour as required under these rules.
(23) The Fat spread shall not be sold in loose form. It shall be sold in sealed packages weighing not more than 500 gms. The word 'butter' shall not be associated while labelling the product. The sealed package shall be sold or offered for sale only under AGMARK certification mark bearing the label declarations as provided under rule 42 besides other labelling requirements under these rules.
(24) No person shall sell powdered spices and condiments except under packed conditions.
(Explanation) :- For the purpose of this sub-rule "spices" and condiments means the spices and condiments specified in Appendix 'B' of PFA Rules 1955 :-
(25) No person shall sell or serve food in any "commercial establishment" in plastic articles used in catering and cutlery, unless the plastic material
