Food Adulteration Reaches New Height In Dhaka

A recent survey found that about half of the vegetables sold in the capital market and more than a quarter of the fruits are dangerous. With the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a team of 15 people from the National Food Safety Institute gathered and tested food samples from the capital markets of Gurusan, Calw Bazaar, Moha Khali and then got the results of the survey It was.

In this survey acquired by Dhaka Tribune, it was found that about 40% of 82% of milk, dairy products, fish, fruits and vegetable samples contain prohibited pesticides such as DDT, Aldrin, Chlordane, Seven It was. Chlorine It was found that the pesticide content of these samples was 3-20 times the amount specified by the European Union. It turned out that 50% of the vegetables and 35% of the fruits were contaminated with unsafe pesticides.

Counterfeit food has been reported as a cause of thousands of fatal diseases such as cancer, kidney failure, heart disease. Health experts to Dhaka Tribune, food officials enacted the Food Safety Act but told the necessary rules have not been established yet. Since food safety issues are also related to the other 14 departments, coordination agencies are responsible for ensuring safety. They added it to the food

The recent change in the US Food Safety Act is aimed at preventing foods with counterfeit goods and mislabeled entry from entering the market. New laws, regulations and initiatives - If food companies have not yet implemented, they should be in the process of implementation - food manufacturers and other people in the food supply chain to prevent farming to make it possible Let the management be carried out. - The food supply chain is sufficiently safe and transparent to enable consumers to make a knowledgeable choice to safe food. New laws, regulations, and efforts will eventually serve as a catalyst for the FDA to ultimately regulate the term "nature".

Counterfeit foods are usually impure, dangerous, or unhealthy foods. The main federal laws that manage counterfeit foods are the Federal Food and Drug Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Test, and the Poultry Product Test. These laws include separate languages ​​that define in very specific terms how the term "foreign body contamination" is applied to foods regulated by these laws. Products counterfeited according to these laws can not be used for human food use. According to US law, the use of ingredients not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a form of food contamination. State regulations can also regulate counterfeit foods produced or sold in the state. Sales of inferior goods will be subject to civil penalties

Food contamination (eg contamination by spice) is divided into two groups: accidental and intentional contamination. If foreign matter is added to food due to ignorance, negligence, or inappropriate facilities, accidental contamination may occur. Intentional contamination involves deliberately adding defective materials to food to improve appearance quality and achieve greater benefits. These inferior materials include abrasive materials (such as sawdust), leaves, powdered products (such as starch), and other flavorants (ASTA, 2004). These substances can cause serious damage to human health. One example is counterfeiting of milk with synthetic milk containing harmful substances such as urea, caustic soda, vegetable oil. Although 180-400 mg / L of urea naturally exists in milk (Jonker et al., 1998), the cutoff limit is 700 mg / L (FSSAI, 2012).