தமிழகம் முழுவதும் உள்ள குடிநீர் நிறுவனங்களின் மாதிரிகள் முடிவு இன்று தீர்ப்பாயத்தில் சமர்ப்பிப்பு

சென்னை : தமிழகம் முழுவதும் உள்ள, குடிநீர் நிறுவனங்களில் எடுத்த மாதிரிகளின் பரிசோதனை முடிவுகள், இன்று பசுமைத் தீர்ப்பாயத்தில் சமர்பிக்கப்படுகிறது. "ஹெர்பல், பிளேவர்டு' குடிநீர் நிறுவனங்கள் குறித்த வழக்கு விசாரணையும் நடக்கிறது. குடிநீர் தயாரிப்பு நிறுவனங்களில் இருந்து அனுப்பப்படும், குடிநீர் தரமாக இல்லை என, தெரிய வந்ததால், சென்னையில் உள்ள தென்மண்டல பசுமை தீர்ப்பாயம், தானாக முன் வந்து, வழக்கு பதிந்து விசாரித்து வருகிறது.இதில் சென்னை, காஞ்சிபுரம், திருவள்ளூர் மாவட்டங்களில், ஐ.எஸ்.ஐ., அனுமதி பெறாமலும், மாசு கட்டுப்பாட்டு வாரிய அனுமதி பெறாமலும் செயல்பட்ட பல நிறுவனங்கள் மூடப்பட்டு, தர பரிசோதனைக்குப் பின், செயல்பட அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளன. இதுபோன்று, தமிழகம் முழுவதும் உள்ள குடிநீர் நிறுவனங்கள் அனைத்தையும் ஆய்வு செய்யவும், குடிநீரின் மாதிரிகள் எடுத்து பரிசோதிக்கவும், பசுமைத்தீர்ப்பாயம் உத்தரவிட்டது. அனுமதியின்றி இயங்கும், "ஹெர்பல்', "பிளேவர்டு' குடிநீர் உள்ளிட்ட, எல்லா விதமான குடிநீர் நிறுவனங்களிலும், குடிநீர் உற்பத்தி, மார்க்கெட்டிங், விற்பனைக்கு, தடை விதிக்கப்பட்டது. ஆனால், தடையை மீறியும், இத்தகைய குடிநீர் நிறுவனங்கள் செயல்பட்டு வருவதாக, குற்றச்சாட்டு இருந்து வருகிறது. இந்த நிலையில், குடிநீர் நிறுவனங்கள் தொடர்பான வழக்கு, சென்னையில் உள்ள பசுமைத் தீர்ப்பாயத்தில் (தென்மண்டலம்), இன்று மீண்டும் விசாரணைக்கு வருகிறது. இதில், தமிழகம் முழுவதும் எடுக்கப்பட்ட, குடிநீர் மாதிரிகளின் பரிசோதனை முடிவுகளை, மாசுக்கட்டுப்பாட்டு வாரியம் இன்று தாக்கல் செய்கிறது. "ஹெர்பல்', "பிளேவர்டு' குடிநீர் நிறுவனங்கள் குறித்த வழக்கும், இன்று விசாரணைக்கு வருகிறது. இதன் முடிவுகள் தூய்மையான தண்ணீர் வழங்குவதில், உரிய நடைமுறைகள் பின்பற்றப்படும் என்று எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது.

Banned tin fish worth Rs 13 lakhs seized

Imphal, August 24 2013 : Fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty pieces of Sea Cherry Mackerel, a brand of tin fish, worth around rupees 13 lakhs, which have been banned for sale in the market by the State Government, were seized by a team of Food Safety Officers from ABC godown at Khuyathong during a drive today.
Sea Cherry Mackerel tinned-fish is a product of MS Sowkar Canning Company, Karnataka.
The seizure belonged to M/S Meitei Traders, Masjid Road, which is an agent of the manufacturing company.
Talking to media persons in this regard, Y Satyajit, Food Safety Officer, Imphal West stated that a special drive was launched to check the sale of Sea Cherry Mackeral, which has been banned by the State Government as this particular brand of tin fish was found unfit for human consumption.
Following specific information, a team of Food Safety Officers conducted a drive at ABC Godown, Khuyathong today and recovered 4520 pieces of Sea Cherry Mackeral cans, which would be worth around Rs 13 lakhs.
The Food Safety Officer also appealed to all concerned and the general public to stop selling and use of this particular brand of tin fish.
Th Sunil Kumar, Food Safety Officer, Churachandpur, who was also present during the drive, informed that team had earlier recovered tin fish under the brand name of 'Sardines in brine and oil', without proper labeling, which is against the rules of the Food Safety and Standard Act, from a shop (M/S Piyus) at Masjid Road.
The 'Sardines in brine and oil' tin fish is a product of Scattath Canning Company, Goa.
The agent of the product in Manipur is still not known but the proprietor of M/S Piyus has been instructed to make available the name of the agent to the Food Safety Officers within two days' time, he added.

Rajasthan's salt goes sour; 22% samples from state fail to meet set food standards

Twenty-two per cent of the salt samples collected from across the state have failed to meet the standards set by the health department. The development is very significant as Rajasthan is the third largest salt-producing state in the country.

There is also no mechanism to check and stop the packets which have already been dispatched. According to reports compiled by the health department, a total of 152 samples were collected from January till August from across the state.

Of this, reports of 125 samples were tested and 28 samples have been found substandard and do not meet the standards under the Food and Safety Act.

During inter-departmental meeting two months ago, there were discussions that the salt manufacturers in Nawa, Rajas, Phalodi and Kuchaman City were not maintaining the proper standards.

After this, a seven-member team collected around 45 samples from these cities. According to the report, from these samples, eight samples were also found sub-standard.

This shows the apathy of the department which reveals that the samples of the manufacturers whose products were substandard. The health department has no mechanism to check those dispatched salt products which have already been sold in the markets.

Food safety commissioner and director (Public Health) Dr BR Meena informed dna, “This year, a total of 152 samples were collected of which 28 samples were found substandard out of the 125 samples tested. Of the reports from 45 samples collected from Nawa, Phalodi, Rajas and Kuchaman City, eight samples did not meet the standards.”

Lizard found in cold drink

Khanna, August 25
In a shocking incident at a function in Khanna, a lizard was spotted in a bottle of a cold drink. The function of an opening of a new Chamber of Advocate Deepak Sahota was in progress, when the organisers of the show opened a box of cold drinks and found the reptile in a bottle which was half-filled.
Some social activists of Khanna area, including Advocates Jaspreet Singh and Narinder Sharma, had earlier demanded that the cold drinks and other materials should be checked properly before they are used for the consumption by the public.
The District Health Officer, Ludhiana, Dr Avinash, said, “I can initiate an action only after a written complaint is given to me in this regard.” While Chief Medical Officer, Ludhiana, was unavailable.

Efforts on to control adulteration in tea

Adulteration of tea, especially colour adulteration, is an issue that the Tea Board and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) are addressing through a series of measures.

Apart from taking action on those who make poor quality teas or mix adulterants, the Tea Board and the FSSAI are also creating awareness among the buyers on the quality of tea.

They conducted one such workshop here on Wednesday for tea auctioneers and small bakery owners.

R. Ambalavanan, Executive Director of the Tea Board, said that the aim of the workshop was to create awareness on the rules and regulations.

To give strong colour, adulterated tea is used in many shops. Even if approved food colour is used, it can lead to health problems if consumed daily.

Efforts on to control adulteration in tea

A cup of chai from a tea shop on the roadside or a bus stand may not be healthy. Adulteration of tea, especially colour adulteration, is an issue that the Tea Board and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) are addressing through a series of measures.

Apart from taking action on those who make poor quality teas or mix adulterants, the Tea Board and the FSSAI are also creating awareness among the buyers on the quality of tea.

They conducted one such workshop here on Wednesday for tea auctioneers and small bakery owners.

According to R. Kadiravan, the designated officer of FSSAI here, owners of small bakeries and tea shops, especially those in rural areas and bus stands, need to know the adulteration problem.

To give strong colour, adulterated tea is used in many of these shops. Even if approved food colour is used, it can lead to health problems if consumed daily.

First, the tea buyers need to be educated on the problems of using adulterated tea. Then the officials will start taking action on those who continue to use the adulterated tea. They started with the manufacturers and are now working with the buyers.

R. Ambalavanan, Executive Director of the Tea Board, said that the aim of the workshop was to create awareness on the rules and regulations, the ill-effects of using adulterants, and the need to serve quality tea.

To give strong colour, adulterated tea is used in many shops. Even if approved food colour is used, it can lead to health problems if consumed daily.

Washing chicken before cooking 'more deadly than healthy'

Washington, August 25 (ANI): A new research has broken the common belief that washing raw chicken before cooking is safe, or even prevents food-borne illness, claiming that the rinse can actually be doing more harm than good.

Food safety researchers have released four short video stories to promote the "Don't Wash Your Chicken" campaign.

In each of the campaign's mini-drama videos, a knowing family member - wife, granddaughter, daughter and mother - explains to a well-intentioned home cook that the common practice of rinsing raw poultry before cooking is actually unsafe.

An animated "Germ-Vision" graphic then shows that washing chicken only risks splattering and spreading bacteria that then can cross-contaminate other foods and kitchen surfaces.

Food safety researcher Dr. Jennifer Quinlan, an associate professor at Drexel University, who helped develop the campaign, said that you should assume that if you have chicken, you have either Salmonella or Campylobacter bacteria on it, if not both.

These two bacteria, she noted, are the leading causes of food-borne illness.

Quinlan said that if you wash the chicken, you're more likely to spray bacteria all over the kitchen and yourself and rinse water is not hot enough to kill bacteria anyway.

The study was published in the Journal of Food Protection. (ANI)

Seized tobacco products destroyed in Kodungaiyur

 

The food safety and drug administration department on Saturday destroyed 2.6 tonnes of tobacco products confiscated in various parts of the city in the past few weeks.

The banned products seized from areas such as Wall Tax Road and Ayanavaram were destroyed following guidelines of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) after permission from Corporation commissioner Vikram Kapur.

TNPCB had given guidelines on the safe disposal of the products in a 12-foot-deep pit filled with urea and cow dung. The plastic packaging of the products was removed earlier.

However,16 tonnes of chewable tobacco products seized from Central Railway Station on August 3 by the food safety and drug administration department is yet to be destroyed. The seized products stored in Central Railway Station are likely to be destroyed at the dumping yard next week.

Food safety officials plan to intensify an awareness drive among food business operators and disseminate information on the ban.