The Food and Drugs Administration on December 7, raided a warehouse located at Mazgaon in South Mumbai and seized 10.5 ton non-iodised salt, since it was being marketed without adhering to norms stipulated under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.
Acting on the tip off, the warehouse of M/s Ravji Salt Supplier located at Shivdas Chapsi Road, Mumbai 40009 was raided (December 7) and the salt being sold without iodisation was seized by FDA officials. The four samples have been drawn and sent to laboratory for test, Harish Baijal, Joint Commissioner (Vigilance) said, adding that the common salt should contain 30 Parts Per Million (PPM) at production stage and 10 PPM at consumption stage, as per the FSS Act 2006.
Did you know
The Iodised salt is table salt mixed with a minute amount of various salts of the element iodine. The ingestion of iodine prevents iodine deficiency. Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects about two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The lack of iodine retards growth of children, leads to ailment like squint eye, abortion etc. Iodine is a micronutrient and dietary mineral that is naturally present in the food supply in some regions, especially near sea coasts, but is generally quite rare in the Earth's crust, since iodine is a 'heavy' element and abundance of chemical elements generally declines with greater atomic mass. Where natural levels of iodine in the soil are low and the iodine is not taken up by vegetables, iodine added to salt provides the small but essential amount of iodine needed by human.
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