THE PUNJAB PURE FOOD ORDINANCE, 1960
THE PUNJAB PURE FOOD ORDINANCE, 1960 The Punjab Pure Food Ordinance, 1960, is a significant piece of legislation within the Punjab province of Pakistan that governs the regulation and control of food products to ensure their safety, quality, and adherence to prescribed standards. This ordinance is designed to protect the health and well-being of consumers by setting forth guidelines for the production, distribution, and sale of food items. PART I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and application. 2. Definitions. PART II GENERAL PROVISIONS 3. False warranty. 4. Prohibition of mixing and selling mixed food. 5. Prohibition of sale, preparation, manufacture, import or export of unwholesome food intended for human consumption. 6. Prohibition of sale or manufacture for sale of food which is adulterated or misbranded or not of the nature, substance or quality demanded. 7. Sale of prepacked food. 8. Prohibition of sale of food without complying with rules. 9. Sale of margarine, banaspati and charbi. 10. Banaspati, margarine or charbi not to be sold loose. 11. Licence for manufacture, storage and sale of goods. 12. Register for manufacture and wholesale business. 13. Food poisoning. PART III ANALYSIS OF FOOD 14. Appointment of Public Analysts. 15. Local Authorities to enforce the Ordinance. 16. Appointment of Inspectors. 17. General powers of Inspectors. 18. Purchase of samples, etc. 19. Right of private persons to have samples analysed. 20. Methods of taking samples. 21. Certificate of Analysis. 22. Power of Government to have articles analysed. PART IV PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE 23. Penalties. 23-A. Power to try summarily. 24. Presumption. 25. Declaration under section 18 to be evidence. 26. Certificate of Public Analyst to be evidence of fact therein stated. 27. Analysis by Chief Chemical Examiner. 28. What is or is not a good defence in a prosecution under the Ordinance. 29. Forfeiture of food upon conviction. 30. Expenses of analysis to be paid by offenders on conviction. 31. Offences under the Ordinance not to be tried by a magistrate exercising lesser powers than magistrate of the first class. 32. Complaint to be filed by whom. PART V MISCELLANEOUS 33. Protection of action taken under the Ordinance. 34. Inspector to be deemed public servant. 35. Power of Government to appoint a public servant to exercise the functions of any Local Authority. 36. Delegation. 37. Power to make rules. 38. Repeal and savings. SCHEDULE THE PUNJAB PURE FOOD ORDINANCE, 1960 (W.P. Ordinance VII of 1960) 11th March 1960 An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to the preparation and sale of foods in the province of the Punjab Preamble : — WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the preparation and sale of foods in the province of the Punjab; Now, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the seventh day of October, 1958, and having received the previous instructions of the President, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased, in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, to make and promulgate the following Ordinance : — PART I PRELIMINARY Short title, extent and application : — (1) This Ordinance may be called the Punjab Pure Food Ordinance, 1960. (2) It extends to the whole of the province of the Punjab, except the Tribal Areas. (3) It shall come into operation in respect of such food or generally in respect of such areas as Government may by notification direct. Definitions : — In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say : — (1) “adulterated food” means an article of food : — (i) which is not of the nature, substance or quality which it purports or is represented to be, or (ii) which contains any such extraneous substance as may affect adversely the nature, substance or quality thereof, or (iii) which is processed, mixed, coloured, powdered or coated with any other substance in contravention of the rules, or (iv) any constituent of which has been wholly or in part abstracted so as to affect injuriously its nature, substance or quality, or (v) which contains any poisonous or other ingredient which may render it injurious to health, or (vi) the quality or purity of which does not conform to the prescribed standard, or (vii) which having been prepared, packed or kept under insanitary conditions, has been contaminated or become injurious to health; (2) “banaspati” means such article of food resembling ghee as is prepared by hydrogenation of edible vegetable oil and contains no milk or animal fat; (3) “butter” means an article of food derived exclusively from the milk of cow or buffalo or from cream or dahi prepared from such milk, whether with or without salt or other prescribed preservative; (4) “charbi” means an article of food which resembles ghee or banaspati, but contains animal fat other than milk fat; (5) “Chemical Examiner” means : — (i) the Chief Chemical Examiner to Government, and (ii) any other officer appointed by Government to be the Chief Chemical Examiner for the purposes of this Ordinance; (6) “cream” means the portion of the milk of cow or buffalo which is rich in fat and rises to the surface of milk on standing or which has been separated by skimming or otherwise; (7) “dahi” means the product obtained by lactic acid fermentation of milk; (8) “Director” means the Executive District Officer (Health); (9) “food” means any article used as food or drink for human consumption other than drugs, and includes : — (i) any substance which is intended for use in the composition or preparation of food; (ii) any flavouring matter or condiment; (iii) any colouring matter intended for use in food; (iv)
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