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Mynamarese food items to be tested

Imphal, October 26 2012: Food items imported from neighbouring Myanmar to Manipur are now subject to safety and efficacy testing in laboratory and at the same time the next step is to pay special attention to different brands of packaged drinking water produced in the state, an official of Manipur Medical Directorate said.

The step has been taken up by the state Government in response to an official instruction by Central Government, an official of the state Medical Directorate who did not want to be named told Nepram Tombi of Newmai News Network on Friday.

With the centre paying special attention to all the eatables included in Indo-Myanmar boarder trade, the instruction was given to the state Government by Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) at the Centre acting on a prior proposal submitted to the latter by Manipur Government in this regard in July this year, the official informed.

As per the instruction, the largest imported food item betel nuts were tested at Food Testing Laboratory, Lamphelpat in August, he said.

The test was conducted after taking samples of the betel nuts under the supervision of food experts.

However, no detrimental substance was detected during the testing after which further import of betel nuts in the state was approved, he added.

The procedure of testing of every suspicious food item is carried out by way of purchasing them from traders and then sending them to the state laboratory, he further said.

This, he said, is done by the concerned Food Safety Officers (FSOs) of all the districts.

In the case of imported foodstuffs, test is conducted after the samples are received, the Medical Directorate official said.

The food samples are sent to the laboratory by custom officials.

He also said it has become quite necessary at the same time to keep special attention to all the packaged drinking water available in the state.

It does not mean that they are all bad but the point is that the need for testing such article has grown up, he stressed.

The official said it has been a demand from some section of the public that manufacturing and expiry dates pasted along with label tags on every bottled drinking water brands should be indicated by markings only.

A chemical compound called bisphenol-A is contained in every bottle to make the water look clean and clear but as expiry date of the compound extends beyond it dissolves slowly and causes harm to health, he further said.

Considering the above fact, experts from the state Food Testing Laboratory are also of the view that it is better to indicate manufacturing and expiry dates of every packaged drinking water through proper markings on the surface of the bottle itself.

This will enable to prevent from reselling of already used bottles and also selling of bottled drinking water brands beyond expiry dates, he suggested.

He further informed that the Central Government has also given approval to upgrade the present building and equipments of the Food Testing Laboratory at Lamphelpat by April 2013 .

All the other eatables included in the Indo-Myammar Border Trade will be tested at the laboratory a soon as it is upgraded but testing of all the items is impossible as of now due to lack of better proper tools and microbiology room, he added.

The major food items now imported from Myanmar through barter mechanism are betel nuts, turmeric, red kidneys beans (rajma), kuth roots, gram, resin, dry ginger, etc.

Offenders escape prosecution in absence of testing facilities

Jammu, Oct 26: With inadequate facility of testing laboratories in the city, the anti-adulteration drive launched by Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) is proving a futile exercise as it is unable to get timely result of samples picked for testing to prosecute the offenders.  
 Sources said that the only Food and Drug Laboratory at Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) getting hundreds of samples daily form across the region is overburdened and thus fails to meet the urgency of getting the results to imitate legal action against the  traders resorting adulteration..  
 They said that as per Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) Act-2008, JMC can not set up its own food testing laboratory as a result of which it has to depend on Food and Drug Laboratory at Regional Research Laboratory (RRL)   the only laboratory in the region. The laboratory is regulated by both Union Health Ministry and State Health Ministry, they added.
 They said the laboratory is well equipped with modern gadgets to test all kind of food items which are sent there. Hundreds of samples of food items are sent to this laboratory from across the Jammu region for testing on daily basis which make it overburdened and consequently led to delay in getting results. The maximum time for providing result has been fixed for 14 days which is very long period to take further action against the violators.
 In view of the ongoing festive season, the Health wing of JMC has intensified the anti adulteration drive and conducts massive raids at business establishments selling sweets  , milk and   allied products   within municipal limits and dozens of food samples lifted daily are sent to this laboratory, they said adding that but it cannot get the results in time giving the offenders much time to escape the legal action.
 They added that Consumers Affairs Public Distribution (CAPD) Department was also conducting anti adulteration drives and send the samples to RLL and face same problem   .
 When contacted the Health Officer JMC, Dr Vinod Sharma admitted that Food and Drug laboratory at RRL has very small set up and can not cater to bulk of samples. He said that inadequate staff and many other  problems hamper  the timely testing . 
  “We have to face many problems to take immediate legal action against the defaulters. However we seize adulterated food items and impose heavy fine on the violators”, he added. He further said that Additional Deputy Commissioner has an authority to impose the fine from Rs 5000 to Rs 5 lakh.