Section 6 in Vegetable Oils Grading and Marking Rules, 1955
6. Packing provisions.
(1)Vegetable Oils shall be packed either in new, sound, clean and rust free tins or in clean bottles, mild steel drums, railway tank wagons or in approved clean and new thermo plastic containers/ flexible packs like pouches, cans, bottle jars etc.(2)The plastic containers shall be manufactured out of food grade plastic materials permitted under Prevention of Food Adulteration rules, 1955.(3)The Vegetable Oils shall be packed in the standard size namely, 100gms., 200gms., 500gms, 1Kg, 5Kgs and thereafter in multiples of 5 Kgs net weight. The edible vegetable oils may also be packed in corresponding volumetric packing's expressed in milli-liters or liters along with their weights in gms/kgs as the case may be.(4)The containers of oils shall be free from any contaminants and shall not be composed of whether wholly or in part, any poisonous or deleterious substance which renders the contents injurious to health.(5)The container of oils shall be free from insect infestation, fungus contamination or any obnoxious and undesirable smell.(6)The packing shall be done in the manner prescribed for different types of packing.
