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Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules

Part Xll - Anti-Oxidants, Emulsifying And Stabllising And Anticaking Agents

Section 62: Restriction on use of anticaking agents

No anticaking agents shall be used in any food except where the use of anticaking agents is specifically permitted.
Provided that table salt, onion powder, garlic powder, fruit powder and soup powder may contain the following anticaking agents in quantities not exceeding 2.0 per cent, either singly or in combination, namely :-
(1) Carbonates of calcium and magnesium;
(2) phosphate of calcium and magnesium;
(3) silicates of calcium, magnesium, aluminium or sodium or silicon dioxide;
(4) myristates, palmitates or stearates of aluminium, ammonium, calcium, potassium or sodium.
Provided further that calcium, potassium or sodium ferrocyanide may be used as crystal modifiers and anti-caking agent in common salt, iodised salt and iron fortified salt in quantitynot exceeding 10 mg/kg singly or in combination expressed as ferrocyanide