THE PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT, 1954 Source: https://indiankanoon.org 1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. (2) It extends to the whole of India 1 [***]. (3) It shall come into force on such date 2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Definitions.—In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,— 3 [(i) “adulterant” means any material which is or could be employed for the purposes of adulteration;] 4 [(ia) ] “adulterated”—an article of food shall be deemed to be adulterated— (a) 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 it purports or is represented to be; (b) if the article contains any other substance which affects, or if the article is so processed as to affect, injuriously t...