Question

write eight conditions under which foods are considered adulterated according to PFA​

Answer 1

The prevent of foods adulteration act ,1954

1 the act may be called the prevention of food adulteration act, 1954

2 i this act unless the context otherwise requires.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. If the article sold by a vendor is not of the nature, substance or quality demanded by the purchaser and is to his prejudice, or is not of the nature, substance or quality which is purports or is represented to be;

2. If the articles contains any other substance which affects, or if the article is so processed as to affect, injuriously the nature, substance or quality thereof;

3. If any inferior or cheaper substance has been substituted wholly or in part of the article so as to affect injuriously the nature, substance or quality thereof;

4. If any constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted so as to affect injuriously the nature, substance or quality thereof;

5. If the article had been prepared, packed or kept under insanitary conditions whereby it has become contaminated or injurious to health;

6. If the article consists wholly or in part of any filthy, putrid, rotten, decomposed or diseased animal or vegetable substance or is insect- infested or is otherwise unfit for human consumption;

7. If the article is obtained from a diseased animal;

8. If the article contains any poisonous or other ingredient which renders it injurious to health.