In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires :-
(a) "Agricultural Marketing Adviser" means the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India; 6. Method of packing.-
(b) "Authorised Packer" means a person or a body of persons who has been granted a certificate of authorisation to grade and mark the Cocoa Powder in accordance with the grade standards and Procedure prescribed under these rules;
(1) Cocoa Powder shall be packed in clean, sound and suitably lined tin containers or polylined multi layer craft bags or glass bottles or pouches made of laminated/extrusion metallised/multilayer food grade plastic materials; (c) "Certificate of authorisation " means a certificate issued under the General Grading and Marking Rules, 1988 authorizing a person or a body of persons to grade and mark Cocoa Powder with the grade designation marks;
(2) The containers shall be free from insect infestation fungus contamination. deleterious substances or undesirable/obnoxious smell;
(3) Each package shall contain cocoa powder of one grade designation only; (d) "General Grading and Marking Rules" means the General Grading and Marking Rules, 1988 made under Section 3 of the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 (1 of 1937);
(4) The net weight of the cocoa powder packed in a container shall be 25gms, 50 gms, 100 gms, 200 gms. 500 gms. 1 kg and there after in multiples of 1 kg as per packaged commodities Rules, 1977 of Weight and Measures Act,.
1976 and their amendments published from time to time;
(e) " Grade designation mark" means the Agmark label referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 5 or the Agmark replica referred to in sub-rule (2) of rule 5 of these rules as the case may be;
(5) Each package shall be securely closed and sealed air tight; (f) "Schedule" means a Schedule annexed to these rules.
(6) Suitable number of small packages containing cocoa powder of the same grade designation and from the same lot, may be packed in a master container.
3. Grade designations- The grade designations to indicate the quality of cocoa powder shall be as specified in column 1 of the Schedule-II.