Hyderabad Top In Food Adulteration

Hyderabad, April 7 (Maxim News): On the one hand, along with air pollution, food is also becoming adulterated.  In the recent raids conducted by GHMC officials and food safety officials, it has been found that adulterated oil and other ingredients are being used in famous hotels.  Moreover, they are playing with the health of the people by using substandard food items.

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Adulteration is taking place in the preparation of food items, in their storage, in their packaging. Oils, Chili powder, starches, turmeric, spices, etc., are all being adulterated at present.  Food adulteration has increased drastically regardless of whether it is in cities, towns, or villages. 

Biryani centers, fast food, and tiffin centers are available everywhere, day and night.  In cities, however, many people have given up cooking at home and eat everything from morning tiffins to dinner outside.  Drug addicts have nothing to say.  They do not even think about what they are eating.  What they are drinking.  In addition to this, they are adulterating food products without caring about quality.  

In this context, the Union Ministry of Medical and Health recently reported to Parliament the details of food samples collected across the country between 2021-24, including the samples found to be adulterated, state-wise.  It is shocking to everyone that an average of 22 percent of the food samples collected by food safety officials across the country in the last four years were adulterated.  According to these figures, Telugu states topped the list of food adulteration among the southern states. 

In the southern states, Tamil nadu tops the list of food adulteration with an average of 20 percent.  Telangana is in second place with 14 percent.  Out of every 100 samples collected and tested in Telangana, 14 are found to be adulterated food.  This is followed by Kerala with 13.11 percent.  Andhra Pradesh with 9 percent, and Karnataka with 6.30 percent.  People are expressing concern everywhere after seeing these figures.  They are demanding that the authorities take strict action instead of flouting the rules and conducting nominal inspections.  They are saying that the rules should be implemented more in the matter of issuing licenses.  People are demanding that the food safety officials take more stringent decisions to curb adulteration.  (Maxim News)

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