BT formulations are commonly used in agriculture as: ((MCAER 2014))

✅Explanation: The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (PFA) of 1954 is the primary law governing the quality and safety of food products in India, including milk and milk products. It sets standards for their composition and prohibits adulteration.

🔑Key Points:

• The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act:
-The Act was passed in1954.
-The Act aims to check the adulteration of food articles and ensure their purity so as to maintain public health.
-Objectives of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 
-It is to protect people from adulterated and poisonous food.
-To restrain the sale of substandard food.
-To protect the interests of the consumers by eliminating fraudulent practices.