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This order amends the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011, by substituting various paragraphs and schedules to revise definitions, registration procedures, reporting requirements, and inspection powers.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution) issued G.S.R. 523(E) on August 1, 2025, in exercise of powers conferred by section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955). This order, named the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Amendment Order, 2025, comes into force on its publication date in the Official Gazette. It significantly amends the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011 (G.S.R. 664(E), dated 7th September, 2011). Key amendments include the substitution of paragraph 2 with new definitions for terms such as 'Act' (Essential Commodities Act, 1955), 'adjudicating officer' and 'appellate authority' (referencing the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (7 of 2009) sections 15A and 15B), 'Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils)', 'producer', 'registration certificate', 'vegetable oil', and 'vegetable oil product', also incorporating definitions from the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006). Paragraph 3 is substituted to mandate that producers must apply to the Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils) for a registration certificate as specified in Schedule-I. Paragraph 4 is amended to omit the words ", de-oiled meal or edible flour" and replace "Clause" with "paragraph". Paragraphs 5 and 8 are amended to replace "Chief Director" with "Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils)". Paragraph 6 is amended to replace "Clause" with "paragraph". Paragraph 9 is substituted to require producers to furnish monthly returns by the fifteenth day of the succeeding month to the Director concerning raw materials, manufactured products, stocks, and dispatched quantities. Paragraph 10 is substituted to grant the Director or nodal officer powers to enter, inspect premises and records, and seize stocks. Sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 11 is omitted, and paragraph 12 is substituted to mandate compliance with orders. Furthermore, SCHEDULE-I (Application for registration) and SCHEDULE-II (Registration Certificate) are completely substituted with new formats, and SCHEDULE-III is omitted. The order was issued by ALICE TETE, Director, under F. No. 25/01/2018/-OIL.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02082025-265189 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 480] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025/SHRAVANA 10, 1947 MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (Department of Food and Public Distribution) ORDER New Delhi, the 1st August, 2025 G.S.R. 523(E). — In exercise of powers conferred by section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), the Central Government hereby makes the following order to amend the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This order may be called the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Amendment Order, 2025. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as the said order), for paragraph 2, the following shall be substituted, namely:-“2. Definitions.-(1) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Act" means the Essential Commodities Act, 1955(10 of1955); (b) "adjudicating officer” means the officer appointed under section 15A of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (7 of 2009); (c) "appellate authority" means the appellate authority under section 15B ofthe Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (7 of 2009); (d) "Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils)" means such officer appointed by the Central Government to exercise any or all of the powers under this order; (e) "Directorate” means the Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils; (f) "information schedule" means information schedule as defined in clause (d) of section 2 of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (7 of 2009); (g) "nodal officer" means officer as defined in clause (da) of section 2 of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (7 of 2009); (h) "producer" means a person or firm or company engaged in the business of producing any vegetable oil product or any solvent-extracted vegetable oil, either in his own factory or in the factory of any other person, acting on his behalf; (i) "registration certificate" means the registration granted to a producer under paragraph 4 of this order. (j) "Schedule” means Schedule annexed to this order; (k) "vegetable oil" means oil produced from oilcake or oilseed or oil-bearing material of plant origin and containing glycerides; (l) "vegetable oil product" means any vegetable oil in its crude form, or subjected to any process like filtration, centrifugation, refining (including neutralisation, bleaching using bleaching earths and deodorisation), interestrification, hydrogenation, fractionation, winterisation, emulsification with water or any other process notified by the Government from time to time, blended (blends of two or more different types of vegetable oils); (2) Words and expressions used but not defined in this order and defined in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955) or the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006) or rules or regulations made thereunder, shall have the meanings assigned to them in that Act or rules or regulations, as the case may be, respectively". 3. In the said order, for paragraph 3, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "3.Registration.-(1) A producer who intends to produce, stock for sale or offer for sale vegetable oil, vegetable oil product, solvent extracted oil, shall make an application to the Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils) as specified in Schedule-1 and obtain a registration certificate as specified in Schedule-1. (2) The Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils)may after making necessary enquiries, as he deems fit, issue the registration certificate, as specified in Schedule-in to the applicants or reject the application, for reasons to be recorded in writing". 4. In the said order, in paragraph 4,- (a) the words", de-oiled meal or edible flour” shall be omitted; (b) for the word “Clause", the word "paragraph" shall be substituted. 5. In the said order, in paragraph 5,for the words, “Chief Director”, the words and brackets “Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils)"shall be substituted. 6. In the said order, in paragraph 6, for the word "Clause", occurring at both the places, the word "paragraph" shall be substituted. 7. In the said order, in paragraph 8, for the words and brackets “Chief Director”, the words “Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils)" shall be substituted. 8. In the said order, for paragraph 9, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "9. Every producer shall furnish monthly return by the fifteenth day of the succeeding month to the Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils)in respect of- (a) each vegetable oil received and used by the processing unit as raw material and each vegetable oil product manufactured, sold or imported or exported during the past one month in a form specified by the Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils) from time to time; (b) the stocks heldand the quantities and varieties of solvent extracted oil, produced or dispatched by him during the preceding one month; (c) the stocks held and the quantities and varieties of oil-bearing material used during the preceding one month". 9. In the said order, for paragraph 10, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "10. Power to call for information and entry and carry out inspection.- The Director (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils) or nodal officer or any person appointed by them may enter and inspect or cause to enter and inspect any premises, any record relating to the production, supply, distribution, import and export of vegetable oil products including the purchase of raw materials used in their production, vehicles or vessels and seize the stocks of vegetable oil products, in respect of which he has reason to believe that the value of actual production or sale are not commensurate with the returns and the data filed with the Directorate and every producer shall be bound to furnish all such information to the Director, (Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils)". 10. In the said order, in paragraph 11, sub-paragraph (2) shall be omitted. 11. In the said order, for paragraph 12, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "12. Compliance of orders. Every producer to whom any order or direction is issued under any powers conferred by or under this order, shall comply with such order or direction". 12. In the said order, for "SCHEDULE-I", the following shall be substituted,namely:- "SCHEDULE-I [Seeparagraph 3(1)] Application for registration under the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011. To The Director, Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils, 5th floor, E wing, KrishiBhawan, New Delhi-110001 Sir, I/we (Name and address of the applicant) request that I/We may be registered under the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011. 1. (a) Name and address (location) of the Unit: District: State: PIN (b) Address of Head office or Administration office: District: State: PIN 2. Item of manufacture and annual installed capacity: +-----+-------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Sl. | Vegetable oil product | Date of installation of | Annual installed capacity in metric | | No. | | manufacturing unit | tonnes | +-----+-------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+-------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ 3. Registration or License number under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006): (Copy to be enclosed) 4. Details of plant and machinery : (attach separate sheet if required) I/We hereby certify that the above statement is true and correct to the best of my/our knowledge and belief. I/We hereby undertake to comply with all the provisions of the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011. Signature Name Address Tel No. Email (Full particulars of the applicant that isname and designation etc. in block letters)." 13. In the said order, for"SCHEDULE – II", the following shall be substituted, namely:- "SCHEDULE-II [See paragraph 3(2)] Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution) Directorate of Sugar and Vegetable Oils Registration Certificate This is to certify that Ms. .is here by registered under the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011 with this Directorate and is allotted the below mentioned Registration Number: No. Date. For the factory located at. .for manufacture of the following products: Item Annual installed capacity (in Metric Tonnes) (i) (ii) (iii) Dated: (........................) Director". 14. In the said order, SCHEDULE-III shall be omitted. [F. No. 25/01/2018/-OIL] ALICE TETE, Director Note: The Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 2011 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 664(E), dated the 7th September, 2011.

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