May 5, 2017
Cooking oil manufacturing units warned against adulteration
The officials of the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department conducted surprise check in the cooking oil manufacturing units in the city and warned the firms against indulging in adulteration.
Complaints
On receipt of complaints that adulteration is rampant in cooking oil manufacturing units, a team led by T. Anuradha, Designated Officer of the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department, conducted surprise check in a few oil manufacturing companies functioning at Sivathapuram, Arisipalayam, and Saminathapuram in the city on Thursday.
The officials noticed that stickers of the companies functioning in the neighbouring states were being displayed in the cans and tins packed here. Moreover, the tins were washed using chemicals and used again for packing the oil, in violation of norms. The team also noticed the unhygienic conditions prevailing in the units.
Three charged with trade of dead chicken
The Food Safety and Drug Administration department officials on Thursday charged three persons with collecting dead chicken from farm and selling them for meat. About 50 kg of dead chicken found in their possession was seized and destroyed.
Food Safety Designated Officer K. Tamilselvan said Raju (37), who was found collecting chicken which were dead due to sunstroke and dehydration at the farms, was first caught.
Subsequently, Dhanapal (27) and Thangadurai (40), who were buying the dead chicken from Raju, were also caught. “We are initiating process to prosecute them for violations under Food Safety Act,” said Mr. Tamilselvan.
Goa tightens ban on gutka, pan masala
The ban on consumption of tobacco products such as gutka and pan masala has been tightened in Goa with the State Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) banning the products under the Food Safety Standards Act (FSSA), 2006. The Act came into force in 2011.
Salim Veljee, Goa Director of FDA, said the gutka lobby was trying to exploit loopholes in the ban under Public Health Act by separating Ghutka from pan masala using packaging gimmicks. “By banning the products under the FSSA, the loophole has been fixed. This ban makes everything consumed orally associated with tobacco as food.”
As per Food and Safety Standards Authority of India, under the Act, gutka and pan masala consumed in any form and used in any type of containers for production, sale, consumption and storage will be banned for one year.
Why Should Chewing Of Tobacco Not Be Banned? Asks Delhi High Court
Why should chewing of tobacco not be banned as such a step would end the problem posed by 'gutka' and 'pan masala', the Delhi High Court asked on Wednesday.
The court asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) whether such a step has been taken by the Centre or any of the state governments.
While 'gutka' is a mild stimulant made of areca nut, tobacco and other intoxicants, 'pan masala' is a mixture of betel leaf with lime, areca nut and other items.
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"Have you considered banning it? If you say that chewing tobacco is per se harmful, has anyone banned it? You know, if you (authorities) ban it the whole problem would be over," Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said.
The FSSAI, represented by advocate M Pracha, said there was no need to separately ban chewing of tobacco as the notifications banning 'gutka' covers this aspect as well.
However, the ban is not being enforced or implemented, the lawyer said.
The court, on the other hand, observed that the notification only appeared to ban mixing of chewing tobacco with any eatable item or 'pan masala' and banned 'gutka'.
The FSSAI did not agree with the observation and said that as chewing tobacco is an "unsafe food", its sale would attract penal provisions.
The court was hearing an application moved by a tobacco manufacturing company seeking to amend its main petition challenging the notification banning 'gutka'.
The company wanted to amend its main plea to also challenge the 2017 notification banning 'gutka' as the Delhi government comes out with such orders every year.
The court issued notice to the Delhi government and FSSAI seeking their replies to the plea before the next date of hearing in the main petition on May 11.
Food safety department decides to check licence of restaurants, hotels and shops selling edibles
During the crackdown, which is likely to kick off later this month, officials will inspect all shops and restaurants to check the quality of food or beverages served.
The department of food safety has decided to launch an extensive drive to crack down on restaurants, hotels and shops selling edibles without any licence in Gurugram.
A rough estimate suggests that there are at least 300 eateries — mainly bakeries, sweet shops, street vendors, tea stalls and such other small outlets that common people visit frequently — across Gurugram are running without licence.
During the crackdown, which is likely to kick off later this month, officials will inspect all shops and restaurants to check the quality of food or beverages served.
Also, officials will check if outlets have registered themselves with the department and whether they have validity licence.
Shops found without a valid licence will be sealed and a case will be registered against their owners.
Dr KK Sharma, The food safety officer, Gurugram, said, "We will carry out random inspections of shops and collect food samples. Also, we will check their registration and licence details. Owners will be prosecuted in case of any violation."
The department has extended the deadlines to apply for the licence six times in the past three years, yet many eatery owners failed to abide by the order.
Nagpur: FDA raids APMC, destroys mangoes laced with carbide
Nagpur: In a major overhaul, the Food Drug Administration (FDA) officials raided several mango shops , siezed and destroyed mangoes which were injected with the Calcium carbide at the market yard of Kalamna.
The raid was conducted at the Agriculture Produce Market Commodity (APMC) Kalamna market, where mangoes collectively weighing 5,516 kilograms were seized from different shops. The total value of mangoes is estimated at Rs 1.70 Lakh. The operation was carried under the supervision of FDA Joint Commissioner Shashikant Kekre and executed by Assistant Commissioners Milind Deshpande and Motiram Pawar. A team of food safety officials Manoj Tiwari and Akhilesh Raut raided the shop of Raju Kataria and found 240 kgs mangoes which were tested positive for carbide.
Later, Food safety officials Vinod Dhavad raided the shop of Mohammad Irfan Rais at the same location and found 2,998 kgs of mangoes positive with carbide and immediately confiscated the mangoes worth Rs 1.20 lakh.
Food safety officer Pravin Umap and FDA officer from Bhandara along with officials Bhaskar Nandanwar and other joint teams conducted a raid at office of one Jitendra Mankar at the market yard and seized mangoes weighing 2,278 kgs worth Rs 45,560. Then FDA officials raided the shops of Mohammad Isaq Haji, Mohd Javed and Shraddha Fruit Traders and seized and destroyed mangoes worth lakhs. The team officials were Kiran Gedam, Sheetal Deshpande and Anand Mahajan.
Calcium carbide is also used in some countries for artificially ripening fruit. When calcium carbide comes in contact with moisture, it produces acetylene gas, which is quite similar in reaction to the natural ripening agent ethylene.
Acetylene acts like ethylene and accelerates the ripening process.
DK DC orders inspection of food and water units
Mangaluru, May 4, 2017: Chairing a meeting of the district-level committee for the implementation of the Food Safety and Standards Act. on May 3, Wednesday, DK DC Dr K G Jagadeesh directed officials to carry out inspections at food processing and water units to ensure the quality of food, as a part of the effective implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act.
The DC said that there are 16 drinking water packaging units. "As per the Act, such units have to be ISI-certified. No licence could be issued to the units that do not meet ISI standards.
Units operating without licence should be sealed. A circular will be issued to all panchayats and urban local bodies," he said. Expressing his discontentment on the poor performance of food safety officials in inspecting the food and water units, he directed the officials to test the quality of food and water in laboratories.
Adulteration : "It is also found that the food sold in street stalls and fast-food centres gets adulterated with non-permitted chemicals. The items sold in bakeries also carry non-permitted colours which adversely affect the health. Awareness should be created among the public,"DK DC Dr Jagadeesha said, and warned, "Stern action will also be initiated against vendors who use chemicals to ripen and colour fruits. The lorries carrying fruits should be subjected to inspection and if use of chemicals on fruits is found, such lorries should be seized."
Zilla Panchayat chief executive officer Dr M R Ravi said that as water-borne diseases have been spreading faster, the quality of water cannot be ignored. The public may submit their complaints to food safety officials if they find adulteration in food served in hotels. Senior food safety officer H T Raju said that the taluk health officer will be the food safety officer for the taluk. The implementation of the Food Safety and Standards Act will be monitored by the senior food safety officer in Mangaluru City Corporation and Puttur taluk.
Additional DC Kumar, district health and family welfare Officer Dr Ramakrishna Rao and district surveillance officer Dr Rajesh were present during the meeting.
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