KOCHI: Following successive seizure of formalin-laced fish consignments brought in from other states to Kerala, the health squad under the health standing committee of city corporation on Wednesday carried out raids at Ernakulamand Kadavanthra fish markets to check adulteration of fishes.
The raid was carried out by a team of health inspectors but they couldn't find the presence of formalin in a single fish sold in these markets.
"Raids started in the morning. We only found fresh river fishes in these markets and we didn't come across any fish varieties imported from other states. We used a rapid detection kit to test whether the fish available in the market is contaminated. We couldn't find the presence of chemicals or toxins," said Minimol V K, chairperson of the health standing committee.
Minimol said that in the coming days, raids would be carried out to all markets coming under the corporation limit.
"Just because we couldn't find formalin-laced fish today doesn't mean that nobody is selling contaminated fish. Following the raids conducted over the past two days, fish vendors are vigilant. So, they might have been excepting similar raids in this regard and might have removed those imported fish to safer places fearing seizure," said an official with the corporation.
Food safety department is also planning to carry out unexpected raids in fish markets in the coming days.
No comments:
Post a Comment