BHUBANESWAR: After a shocking revelation by a recent Government study about hundred per cent milk adulteration in the State, the same authority has revealed that 15 per cent food samples in Odisha is adulterated against 13 per cent in national level.
Once again the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has found that around 13 per cent of food stuff is contaminated across the country. The results of the study came a day after the survey on milk adulteration.
After the shocking revelation by the FSSAI, the high percentage adulteration in food puts a spontaneous question among the consumers that, “How their food items safe for use.” FSSAI examined over 1.17 lakh samples of food articles and tested them in 2010. The result was shocking that around 13% of the samples were found to be contaminated.
The testing showed adulteration rates as high as 40 per cent in Chhattisgarh, 34 per cent in Uttarakhand, 29 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, 23 per cent in Rajasthan and 20 per cent in West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh. Besides Odisha, Punjab and Madhya Pardesh’s 15 per cent, nearly 17 per cent of the food samples tested in Bihar and Chandigarh, 16 per cent in Nagaland, 14 per cent in Haryana, 12 per cent in Tamil Nadu and 10 per cent in Maharashtra were found to be adulterated. Interestingly, adulteration rates in Delhi were low at 4 per cent, while in Karnataka it was just 5 per cent.
Now that the reality behind what we eat has come out, the indirect poison that we intake unknowingly, has to be corrected with immediate steps. As part of this initiative, the health ministry has launched the National Food Science and Risk Assessment Centre (NFSRAC) during the 12th Five-Year Plan which will cost around Rs 155 crore.
After the shocking revelation by the FSSAI, the high percentage adulteration in food puts a spontaneous question among the consumers that, “How their food items safe for use.” FSSAI examined over 1.17 lakh samples of food articles and tested them in 2010. The result was shocking that around 13% of the samples were found to be contaminated.
The testing showed adulteration rates as high as 40 per cent in Chhattisgarh, 34 per cent in Uttarakhand, 29 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, 23 per cent in Rajasthan and 20 per cent in West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh. Besides Odisha, Punjab and Madhya Pardesh’s 15 per cent, nearly 17 per cent of the food samples tested in Bihar and Chandigarh, 16 per cent in Nagaland, 14 per cent in Haryana, 12 per cent in Tamil Nadu and 10 per cent in Maharashtra were found to be adulterated. Interestingly, adulteration rates in Delhi were low at 4 per cent, while in Karnataka it was just 5 per cent.
Now that the reality behind what we eat has come out, the indirect poison that we intake unknowingly, has to be corrected with immediate steps. As part of this initiative, the health ministry has launched the National Food Science and Risk Assessment Centre (NFSRAC) during the 12th Five-Year Plan which will cost around Rs 155 crore.
NFSRAC will be the storehouse of all food standards and will carry out analysis of food surveillance data received from laboratories. This observation is expected to generate data regarding food hazards and possible outbreaks of food borne diseases which will help establish public health priorities for prevention, intervention and control.
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