A RISING PROBLEM IN INDIA: FOOD ADULTERATION NEEDS STRICT LAWS
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Food Adulteration is adding poor quality, harmful, dangerous, substandard, inferior, chemical, useless, colours or unnecessary substances to food with an aim of long storage, prematurity, additional taste etc. to gain additional financial profits. Food Adulteration is a very serious problem posing serious health risks in India. Every product is found adulterated including medicines. Community Health is National Health. Pure, fresh and healthy diet is most essential for the good health of the people. Food Adulteration is dangerous because it is toxic and affects health even causing cancer, on other side it also deprives nutrients, vitamins and proteins which are most essential for proper growth and development of Human being.
Public Health Foundation of India attributed 80 % of all premature deaths are because of contaminated food and water. Food Adulteration is not simply adding, it starts from the field itself where fertilizers, pesticides are used resulting contamination across all range of food. It means that, Food spoilage is occurring at all stages i.e. production, processing, storage, distribution, cooking and serving.
Food should be natural, without adulteration, contamination of any substances that may make food hazards to health. In recent years, Food export and import increased immensely consequently posing certain challenges concerning food toxicity because integration of the privatization and liberalization in Indian Trade system. The most contaminated food found in India are: Milk, Water, Oil, Vegetables, Fruits, Meat, Cheese, Chocolates, Packed food, Bakery Food, Street / Road side food etc. Flavour concentrates including artificial tastes and synthetic colours, chemical compounds, long storage, metals etc. are some of dangerous additions found. It is wonder to note that, till today various diseases are not categorized separately in the health statistics, though about 75 % of deaths are supposes to be food-borne origin. The Governments are not conductive to promote Genetically Modified crops probably because more research on human health, environmental and economic risks, is needed before full scale adoption.
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