The Prevention of Food Adulterations Act

Food drugs are generally controlled through a common administration i.e. FDA (Food Drugs Administration in various states/country). The main objective of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act is to make provision for the prevention of adulteration of food. The Act was passed in 1954 Rules under the Act were passed in 1955. 

The Government of India enacted a Central legislation called the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (PFA) which came into effect from 1st June 1955. This Act repealed all laws existing at that time in Indian States concerning food adulteration, a new edition was published 1981. 

Anon., 2001. The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 . Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, India. 

Standards for production of iodized salt have been laid under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (PFA). 

The Act makes provisions for prevention of adulteration of food and lays down that no person shall manufacture for sale, store, sell or distribute any adulterated or misbranded food which is not in accordance with the conditions of the licence or any article which contravenes the provision of the Act or Rules. The standards on various articles of food are specified in the rules. In the case of foods which have not been standardised in the PFA rules, it is necessary that a list of ingredients used in the product in their descending order of composition is given on the label. 

Passage of Pure Food Act, including provisions for the regulations of drags to prevent the sale of misbranded and adulterated products. Enforcement by the Chemistry Laboratory, Agriculture. 

This new law, known as the Pure Foods and Drugs Act, prevented the importation of adulterated and spurious drugs and medicines, and required that all ingredients be identified on the drug label, thus ending the era of secret nostrums (6,7). 

In the United States, mayonnaise, salad dressing, and French dressing are defined by Standards of Identity issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA Code of Federal Regulations, Section 21, 169.140) (241). The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1930 and later revisions and amendments were promulgated to prevent adulteration and misrepresentation of certain food products by establishing Standards of Identity. 

U.S. Congress. An Act for Preventing the Manufacture, Sale or Transportation of Adulterated or Misbranded or Poisonous or Deleterious Foods, Drugs, Medicines, and Liquors. 59th Cong., 1st sess. (30 June 1906), 34 U.S. Statutes 768. 

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