. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/22 
12 July 2005 
 (05-3083) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   INDIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health  and Family Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food items including Processed Food items. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners exporting products mentioned under item 3 to India.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Notification no. G.S.R. 
185(E) - 21 March 2005 (Available in English and Hindi, 106 pages). 
6. Description of content:  Changes have been made in the Prevention of Food Adulteration 
Rules, 1955 through the notification mentioned above.  These Rules may be called the 
Prevention of Food Adulteration (II Amendmen t) Rules, 2005.  The Rules provide for 
definitions of fruits, vegetables, processed f oods & related items and determine the use of 
food additives and their limits on them.  Th e Rules also give guidelines on filling the 
container and gives  labelling requirements. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   Codex standards and guidelines, where they 
exist have been considered 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  The Gazette of India 
Extraordinary PART II – Section 3 – Sub-Sec tion (i), dated 15 Marc h 2005 (Available in 
English and Hindi). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   21 March 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   21 September 2005 G/SPS/N/IND/22 
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 12. Final date for comments:  As this amendment is in line with the Codex standards and 
guidelines no specific time fo r comments has been provided. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Joint Secretary, Department of Health, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Nirman 
Bhawan, New Delhi-110-011, Telefax:  00-91-11- 23018842, INDIA. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Website of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, 
http://www.mohfw.nic.in/pfa.htm  
Joint Secretary, Department of Health, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Nirman 
Bhawan, New Delhi-110-011, Telefax:  00-91-11- 23018842, INDIA.