(1) In addition to the conditions specified in sub-rule (8) of rule 3 of the General Grading and Marking Rules, every authorised packer shall follow all the instructions specified by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser from time to time.
(2) The authorised packer shall either set up his own laboratory or have access to a grading laboratory or cooperative or association laboratory or a private commercial laboratory manned by a qualified chemist approved by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser or an officer authorised by him in this behalf in accordance with rule 9 of the General Grading and Marking Rules for testing the quality of Mango Seed Kernel.
(3) The premises shall be maintained in hygienic and sanitary conditions with proper ventilations and well lighted arrangement and the personnel engaged in these operations shall be in sound health and free from any infectious, contagious or communicable diseases.
(4) The authorised packer shall have storage facilities with pucca floor and free from rodent and insect infestation.
(5) The authorised packer and the aforesaid approved chemist shall comply with all instructions regarding testing, grading, packing, marking, sealing and maintenance of records which may be issued by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser or an officer authorised by him in this behalf in accordance with the General Grading and Marking Rules from time to time.
Schedule I (See rule 5) (Design of Agmark insignia) CA No.
Name of commodity__________________________ Grade______________________________________ 8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] Schedule II (See rules 3 and 4) Grade designation and quality of Mango Seed Kernel
1. Mango Seed Kernel shall be obtained from the seeds of the plant Mangifera indica Linn. of the family Anacardiaceae as raw material for products not for human consumption.
2. Minimum requirements: (i) Mango Seed Kernel shall be –
(a) clean and dried kernels;
(b) free from living and dead insects, flies, moth, web, larvae and insect fragments;
(c) free from fungus or insect infestation and moulds;
(d) free from added colouring matter and toxic material;
(e) free from rodent hairs and excreta;
(f) free from rancid taste;
(g) free from musty and stale odour;
(h) free from any visible foreign matter;
3. Criteria for grade designation and quality of Mango Seed Kernel:
TABLE Grade designation Moisture, per cent by mass (max.)
Crude Protein (Nx 6.25), percent by mass (on dry basis) (min.)
Crude Fat, percent by mass (on dry basis) (min.)
Crude Fibre, percent by mass (on dry basis) (max.)
Total Ash, percent by mass (on dry basis) (max.)
Acid Insoluble ash, percent by mass (on dry basis) (max.)
Acid value of Extracted Oil, percent by mass (on dry basis) (max.)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Special Standard General
9.0
10.0
10.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
12.0
11.0
10.0
2.5
3.0
3.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
0.2
0.3
0.5
15.0
25.0
30.0
4. Other requirements:
(i) The condition of the Mango Seed Kernel shall be such so as to enable it -
(a) to withstand transport and handling; and
(b) to arrive in satisfactory condition at the place of destination;
(ii) Mango Seed Kernel shall be stored in dry place; maintained in a clean and hygienic condition.
[F. No. 18011/03/2014-M-II] Dr. ALKA BHARGAVA, Jt. Secy. (Marketing) Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
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