Performance report: Food authority faces uphill task in checking adulteration

2,234 hotels, bakeries sealed for violating rules during 2013-14. PHOTO: STOCK IMAGE

LAHORE: The greatest challenges for Punjab Food Authority (PFA) in trying to ensure a hygienic food regime in the city during the past year were cleanliness inspection at food outlets and analysis of milk samples suspected of adulteration, The Express Tribune has learnt.
According to a departmental report, PFA teams visited 19,040 marriage halls, hotels, sweet shops, food chains, bakeries, milk shops and industrial units during 2013-14 to check the quality of food items.
“A total of 2,234 premises were sealed for adulteration and unhygienic conditions,” the report said.



The PFA was set up under the Punjab Food Authority Act in 2012 with the mission statement: “To work on scientific principles and international best practices to secure food safety and quality in the entire food chain in collaboration with manufacturers, food business operators, consumers and stakeholders.”
It was entrusted with formulation and enforcement of food safety and quality standards, registration and licensing of food manufactures and outlets and laboratory accreditation of food items.
Its operational jurisdiction was initially restricted to Lahore. However, now it extends to Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi and Multan divisions.
The PFA teams checked 1,106 vehicles carrying milk and 4,406 shops during the year and found 1,814 samples adulterated. “Over 64,427 liters of sub-standard milk was destroyed. During raids, rapid tests were carried out to check the quality of milk. Adulteration of water, urea, formalin, detergents and starch was frequent. The adulterated milk was destroyed. Some samples of packed milk bearing a national brand were also found to be adulterated,” the report said.
The authority also took action against the use of substandard oil and ghee. “During 2013-14, 1,374 samples of various brands of oil and ghee were collected from retail vendors. Out of these 506 were found unfit for use. The authority also conducted raids on units extracting fats and oils from the animal sources,” the report stated.
To check the quality of ketchup, the authority tested 1,032 samples out of which 140 were found adulterated with starch.
After the tests, 39,200 liters ketchup was destroyed and 47 premises were sealed.



The authority examined 1,010 spice-packaging units, where 267 samples were found adulterated.
A total of 5,034 kilogrammes of spices were destroyed and 10 premises were sealed. “Twelve prominent bakeries were sealed for using rotten eggs in food items,” the report said.
The authority sealed 2,234 premises, including 559 hotels and restaurants, 39 bakeries, 63 stores, 1,064 milk shops, 58 sweetmeat shops, 34 marriage halls and 417 other vicinities dealing in food business over adulteration, lack of cleanliness and unhygienic working conditions.
Over 48 per cent of sealed premises were milk shops.
The authority submitted 10,254 cases of adulteration, violation of the Food Act and use of substandard ingredients for prosecution. A total of 2,820 cases were decided and Rs11.94 million fines were imposed on violators, the report said.
Under the provision of Section 15 of PFA Act 2011, every food operator is required to obtain a licence to run a food business. It is also mandatory for food handlers to get fitness certifications after going through medical tests required to detect contagious diseases from government hospitals for issuance of licences.
In 2014, 9,899 licences were issued and the authority collected Rs90 million in licensing fees.
Asad Aslam Mahni, the PFA director general, said that the authority faced huge challenges in ensuring food quality and safety. “We are planning to launch compulsory registration of food products.
We will also display a list of food products found in adulterated at our website. The authority will start checking wheat flour ingredients in the coming days to avoid sale of sub-standard flour in markets,” Mahni said.
“The sale of adulterated milk has been the biggest challenge for us.
The quality of milk can be improved if cattle farms are established closer to city,” Mahni said.

Brace yourself for adulterated sweets this Diwali

This festival of lights, you might end up consuming adulterated sweets and using counterfeit cosmetics as 85 per cent of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials in Maharashtra are busy with election duties till October 22 and haven’t conducted enough raids
This Diwali, brace yourself to consume adulterated sweets and use counterfeit cosmetics as 85 per cent officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Maharashtra are busy with election duties and haven’t been able to carry out too many raids. According to sources, the officials will be busy till October 22, a day before Diwali.

Bittersweet Diwali? According to the FDA’s guidelines, sweetshop owners must buy their ingredients only from registered and licenced FSSAI vendors. During raids between October 15 and 19, the FDA seized adulterated flour, oil, ghee and imported chocolates worth Rs 1 crore.
The FDA has sanctioned 1,176 officials in the state, out of which 358 are yet to join. “Hardly any raids have been conducted on sweetshops to keep a check on adulterated dried milk (mawa), imported chocolates and grocery items such as edible oil, gram flour, semolina, milk and ghee,” a senior officer from FDA said on condition of anonymity.
The body issues guidelines for customers as well as shopkeepers about how to prepare sweets and buy ingredients for making sweets from only registered and licenced Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) vendors. Every year, the agency also carries surprise checks on several units of sweetshops, cosmetic items and also grocery shopkeepers. If adulterated items are found, shop owners are immediately booked and officials ensure that their products aren’t available in the market.
“Before Diwali, customers queue up to buy sweets and chocolates to gift others and grocery items to make several food items. As a lot of milk-based products are used to make sweets, we keep a tab on the quality of milk sold by shopkeepers. Cosmetic items such as luxurious soaps and make-up products are also presented as gifts. We at the FDA are responsible for keeping a tab on all. But sadly, this year we couldn’t be too proactive as we were saddled with election duties,” said an FDA source.

From the quality of milk, which is used to make sweets, to cosmetic items such as luxurious soaps and make-up products, the FDA is responsible for keeping a tab on all. pic for representational purpose
However, this year, when FDA officials were free from October 15-19, they carried out a special drive and seized adulterated goods worth Rs 1 crore. These include inferior-quality flour worth Rs 25 lakh, refined oil worth Rs 39 lakh, clarified butter (ghee) worth R47,000, vanaspati ghee Rs 11 lakh and imported chocolates worth Rs 11,000.
“We have also taken samples of around 125 cosmetics,” said Dr Purshottam Bhapkar, commissioner of Food and Drug administration and Food Safety of Maharashtra.
FDA gives tips
>> Suresh Annapure, joint commissioner, Mumbai, FDA, says mawa sweets should be consumed within 24 hours and Bengali sweets within eight hours
>> Buy sweets from registered or known stores where the chance of food poisoning are less
>> Take a purchase bill
>> When buying grocery, a label should have manufacture and expiry dates along with the price

BETTER JALANDHAR-ADULTERATION DURING FESTIVE SEASON Despite checks, food adulteration still on

 

Teams of the Health Department bury unhygienic dhoda and milk barfi at Khambra in Jalandhar.

Jalandhar, October 19
Festive season is the best time for those involved in the business of food adulteration to sell their rotten, stale, spurious and fake food items in glittery packages.
The smart advertisement campaigns passing off savoury foods and snacks as lucrative Diwali gift options have only added to the burden of the health authorities who now have to worry about adulteration in all sorts of foods.
Kinds of adulteration and prevention
Mixing of urea in milk and milk products is among the most harmful forms of adulteration. The pouring of ammonia gas over stale sweets to render them odourless is a common practice.
“I have personally seen a sweet seller doing this. Ammonia is poured over food items and then a bit of khoya, besan or other food item is added to make the item appear fresh. The ammonia kills the smell but what the consumer consumes is a recipe for ill health,” said a city resident.
Besides, one of the most common form of adulteration is the addition of colours to sweets, fruits and various other food items during the festive season.
To test the urea present in milk
Put 5 ml milk in a test tube and mix it with half spoon of soybean powder. Immerse a red litmus paper in it. If the paper turns blue after half-a-minute, it means the milk contains the urea.
Test for ascertaining powder in milk
Take milk in a test tube. Pour nitric acid at the edge of the test tube. If it turns orange, it means the powder has been mixed. 

Test of khoya in ‘barfi’
If barfi appears powdery upon being touched with the tongue, it means it is adulterated. Real khoya melts in the mouth and does not give a dry powdery taste.
117 food samples failed this year
As many as 117 samples of food items have failed this year. In the past three years (till September 2013), 78 food samples had failed in the district.
From the point of view of the Health Department, this is a good news because it denotes an increased frequency both in the sampling drive and in nailing the offenders. Sources say this has also created a sense of strictness among various establishments, which now know they won’t escape the law if they sell spurious food items.
In 2011, 22 food samples failed (out of 363 samples ). In 2012, 41 failed (out of 266 samples) till September 2013, 15 samples had failed.
As per the Health Department sources, while for the substandard samples, a fine amounting to Rs 1 lakh is supposed to be levied. For the unsafe samples, the owner of vends or units is liable to undergo a sentence ranging from three to five years.
As many as 17 trials of the owners, whose samples of products were found unsafe, are undergoing in the court. A recovery of Rs 2-and a-half-lakh has been made so far this year from the offending owners.
Milk report
Till August, as many as 112 milk samples had failed.
With the bustling Jamsher Dairy Complex, the milk production in the district is pretty high and adulterated as well. Milk sellers admit if there is no mixing, there is no milk in the district. The commercial produce from 400 dairies in the city is officially pegged at 1.5 lakh litres per day. Other large scale commercial milk- producing agencies produce about 65,000 to 80,000 litres of milk per day. However, this does not include the milk being sold from various vends selling milk in the district.
Around Diwali there is much-heightened adulteration in the production of milk products including khoya, paneer, desi ghee among other products. The highest adulteration is in khoya. A number of agencies also discretely ferry spurious milk products from other parts of the country.
In the run up to Diwali there have been two seizures of spurious desi ghee in the district – in both of which trucks bringing in spurious products from other places were apprehended by the police or the Health Department.
FSSA Act
Over 8,000 food establishments in the district are registered under the Act in the district and about 2,000 have obtained the licenses.
Following the implementation of the Food and Safety Standards Act, 2006, it has become mandatory for the Health Department to register all establishments selling food. There have been several meetings, announcements and deadlines issued to speed up the process of registration of all establishments. But the process still goes on at snail’s pace due to lack of awareness and possibly stringent measures. However, gradually the word is being spread among vendors and more are coming up every year for registrations and to seek the license.
Health officials say word is being spread so that the rest also join in soon.
Big fish vs small
Big sweetmeat producing establishments and commercial milk production units in the city are rarely (or never) inspected and even if they are, the samples pass most of the times. The smaller establishments, however, bear the brunt.
There have been outcries by the small establishments, wherein they say they are the ones who face a real scare from the authorities during the festive season. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, a local dhaba-owner said, “There is adulteration in all foods today. If you take samples right now, they will come out adulterated. It’s a matter of pick and chose whom to be nailed and who has to be spared.”
However, the Health Department points to the raids and drives and various meetings held with establishment owners to prove they have been working hard.
District Health Officer Dr Balwinder Singh says, “We are making all efforts that we possibly can to ensure that this festival season goes on smooth for all people. We have held two major seizures of desi ghee and quintals of stale or bad sweets. In the coming days as well we shall be on the lookout. Our teams have inspected places near the railway station, cold stores as well as other storage places. Besides, we shall also be running an awareness campaign regarding adulteration from tomorrow onwards.”

Officials do little as unlicensed sweet shops do brisk business

Chennai: Diwali is just days away and unlicensed shops selling adulterated sweets have sprung up all over the city, but the food safety department is yet to crack down on such traders despite the Centre's directive to states in this regard.
Unscrupulous traders, in search for huge profits, use substandard products, leaving consumers vulnerable to ailments like vomiting, food poisoning, stomach aches and infections. Activists say the chances of food adulteration are high when the demand for sweets goes up.“Harmful colours and chemicals are widely used to make sweets look more attractive but the food safety department has showed a complete lack of concern,“ said T Sadagopan, a consumer activist.
Sources say the food safety department has not raided any shop to check the quality of sweets. “We are creating awareness among traders about adulteration,” a department official said.
Low conviction rate, shortage of food inspectors, lack of awareness and increased consumption of sweets encourage unscrupulous traders. “Even if we collect a sample from a sweet shop the test report will come after a month by when all adulterated sweets would have been consumed. Even if the tests are positive traders can continue business as the cases drag in courts,“ the official said.
Many residents say they are switching over to dry fruits and chocolates despite the soaring prices. “Diwali is nothing without sweets but I have stopped buying them after my boy became unwell after consuming sweets last year,“ said K Malathy , a resident of Adyar.
According to the Food Safety and Security Act, unsafe food means an article whose nature, substance or quality is so affected as to render it injurious to health. The person who himself or by any other person on his behalf, manufactures for sale or stores or sells such goods will be liable to penalty of `1 lakh to `10 lakh and imprisonment ranging from 6 months to life imprisonment.

தீபாவளி பலகாரங்கள் தயாரிப்பு உணவு பாதுகாப்புத்துறை அதிகாரிகள் சோதனை

ஆத்தூர், அக்.19:
தீபாவளியையொட்டி தயாரிக்கும் பலகாரங்களின் தரம் குறித்து உணவு பாதுகாப்பு துறை அதிகாரி அதிரடியாக சோதனை செய்தார்.
சேலம் மாவட்டம் ஆத்தூர், நரசிங்கபுரம் பகுதிகளில் உள்ள திருமண மண்டபங்களில் தீபாவளி பண்டிகையை முன்னிட்டு பலகாரங்கள் தயாரிக்கும் பணியில் உள்ளூர் சமையல் மற்றும் பலகார தயாரிப்பாளர்கள் பலர் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர். அவ்வாறு தயாரிக்கப்படும் பலகாரங்கள் தரமானதாக தயாரிக்கப்படுகிறதா என்பதை நேற்று மாவட்ட உணவு பாதுகாப்பு துறை நியமன அலுவலர் டாக்டர் அனுராதா தலைமையிலான அலுவலர்கள் திருமண மண்டபங்களுக்கு சென்று திடீர் ஆய்வு செய்தனர்.
அப்போது அங்கு தயாரிக்கப்படும் பலகாரங்கள் தரமான முறையில் தயாரிக்கப்படுகிறதா என்பதையும் பலகாரங்கள் தயாரிக்கப் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் எண்ணெய், மாவு ஆகிய பொருட்களின் தரம் உள்ளிட்டவைகளையும் ஆய்வு செய்தனர். பின்னர் பலகாரங்கள் தயாரிப்பில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளவர்களிடம் பொதுமக்களுக்கு விநியோகம் செய்யும் போது உரிய தயாரிப்பு தேதி குறிப்பிடப்பட வேண்டும் எனவும் சுகாதாரமான முறையில் பொருட்கள் தயாரிக்கப்பட்டு விநியோகம் செய்யப்பட வேண்டும் என அறிவுரை கூறினர்.
இதனை மீறுபவர்கள் மீது சட்டரீதியான நடவடிக்கைகள் எடுக்கப்படும் என எச்சரிக்கை செய்து நோட்டீஸ் வழங்கினார்.

Surprise raids conducted on sweet stalls, bakeries

“Instructions on food safety and hygiene have been given”
Come Deepavali and its time for Jalebis and laddoos in most households. But a sweet treat might land you at the hospital, if you are not careful.
Food safety officials (FSO), who are keeping a strict vigil on the quality of sweets and savouries being prepared for Deepavali at various food stalls in the district, warn that adulterants and poor quality oil are often used to cut down costs.
Surprise raids are being conducted on sweet stalls, bakeries and their manufacturing units to ensure safe food for the public.
According to food safety officials, there are around 14,000 food business operators in the district out of which nearly 250 Shops sell sweets.
“Sweet shops are likely to be screened for unhygienic conditions ahead of Deepavali. Improvement notices will be issued to those found to be functioning under unsanitary conditions,” said M. Kavikkumar, Designated Officer, Food Safety Wing, Virudhunagar.
“Already, instructions on food safety and hygiene had been given to the outlet owners who are well aware of the Act,” he added. Since April, around 47 samples were taken from sweet shops and manufacturing units in the district for testing of shelf life, use of colouring agents, quality and for growth of micro-organisms such as E. Coli, coliform, salmonella, clostridium, yeast and mould count.
Going by the data provided by Food Safety Wing, so far, 14 persons in the district have been booked under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. One of the samples collected was found to be unsafe for human consumption. As per procedure, the sweet shop owners are normally given a month’s time to challenge the sample report in a referral laboratory, from where the report will come within 15 days. Only after that, does the process of initiating action against offenders begin in accordance to the relevant provisions.
“People should be alert while they buy sweets. They need to look for the date of manufacturing and other information such as expiry date before purchasing a food product. Besides, they should insist on a bill,” S. Narayanan, a food safety officer, said.
Consumers can report cases of unhygienic or unsafe products to the Department of Food Safety at 04562-252255 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on working days.

DINAMANI NEWS

பலகாரம் தயாரிக்கும் இடங்களில் உணவு பாதுகாப்பு துறையினர் ஆய்வு மாநிலம் முழுவதும் குழுக்கள் அமைப்பு

சேலம், அக்.18:
தீபாவளி பண்டிகையையொட்டி சேலம் மாவட்டத்தில் இனிப்பு, கார வகைகள் தயாரிக்கும் ஸ்வீட் ஸ்டால் மற்றும் திருமண மண்டபங்களில் உணவு பாதுகாப்புத்துறை அதிகாரிகள் ஆய்வு செய்தனர்.
தீபாவளி பண்டிகைக்காக ஸ்வீட் கடைகள் மட்டுமின்றி திருமண மண்டபம், வீடுகளிலும் பலகாரங்கள் தயாரித்து விற்கப்படுகிறது. இவ்வாறு தயாரிக்கப்படும் இனிப்பு, கார வகைகள் சுத்தமாகவும், சுகாதாரமாகவும் தயாரிக்கப்படுகிறதா என்றும், அவற்றில் கலப்படம் செய்யப்படுகிறததா? என்பது குறித்தும் கடந்த சில நாட்களாக ஸ்வீட் ஸ்டால், திருமண மண்டபங்களில் உணவு பாதுகாப்புத்துறை அதிகாரிகள் ஆய்வு செய்து வருகின்றனர்.
இது குறித்து சேலம் மாவட்ட உணவு பாதுகாப்புத்துறை நியமன அலுவலர் டாக்டர் அனுராதா கூறியதாவது:
தீபாவளி பண்டிகையையொட்டி மண்டபங்களில் இனிப்பு, காரம் வகைகள் தயாரிப்பவர்கள் கண்டிப்பாக சம்பந்தப்பட்ட உணவு பாதுகாப்புத்துறை அலுவலகத்தில் பதிவு செய்து இருக்கவேண்டும். பதிவு செய்யாமல் பண்டிகை கால இனிப்பு, கார வகைகள் தயாரிக்கக்கூடாது.
தீபாவளி பண்டிகையையொட்டி இனிப்பு, கார வகைகள் தரமானதாக தயாரிக்கப்படுகிறதா என்பது குறித்து ஆய்வு செய்ய அனைத்து மாவட்டங்களிலும் குழுக்கள் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஒவ்வொரு குழுவிலும் 4 அதிகாரிகள் உள்ளனர். இவர்கள் ஆய்வுக்கு செல்லும் இடங்களில் பலகாரம் தயாரிக்க பயன்படுத்தப்படும் பொருட்கள் தரமானதாக உள்ளதா என்பது குறித்து ஆய்வு செய்வார்கள். அதன்பின், சுத்திகரிக்கப்பட்ட தண்ணீர் உபயோகப்படுத்தப்படுகிறதா என்பது குறித்து ஆய்வு செய்கின்றனர்.
பலகார தயாரிப்பாளர்களிடம் பேக்கிங்கில் பலகாரம் எப்போது தயாரிக்கப்பட்டது என்பது குறித்து அவசியம் குறிப்பிட என்றும், எத்தனை நாட்களுக்குள் அதை பயன்படுத்த வேண்டும் என்பது குறித்து குறிப்பிட்டு இருக்கவேண்டும் என்று கூறியுள்ளோம். அவர்களும் தாங்கள் எந்த தேதியில் தயாரிக்கப்பட்டவை என்பது குறித்து பேக்கிங்கில் அவசியம் குறிப்பிடுவதாக கூறியுள்ளனர்.
பொதுவாக பாலில் தயாரிக்கப்படும் பொருட்கள் 3 நாட்களுக்குள் பயன்படுத்தவேண்டும். சாதாரண ஸ்வீட் வகைகள் 7 முதல் 15 நாட்கள் வரையும், கார வகைகள் 20 முதல் 25 நாட்கள் வரை பயன்படுத்தலாம். வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் இனிப்பு, கார வகைகளை வாங்கும்போது, அவை எந்த தேதியில் தயாரிக்கப்பட்டது என்று கேட்டு வாங்கவேண்டும். அதில் தயாரிக்கப்பட்ட தேதி உள்ளதா என்பது குறித்து கண்காணிக்கவேண்டும்.
இவ்வாறு டாக்டர் அனுராதா கூறினார்.

A regional colloquium on “Pure Food” here in Chandigarh

A regional colloquium on “Pure Food” here in Chandigarh

BK Sharma, Surya News (Chandigarh): The first of its kind in India, after the enactment of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, State Legal Services Authority, U.T., Chandigarh, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Punjab and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India here on Saturday organized a Regional Colloquium on “Pure Food” here in Chandigarh.

The Seminar was organized at Chandigarh Judicial Academy, Sector 43-D, Chandigarh. Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K Sikri, Judge, Supreme Court of India inaugurated this seminar.

The Hon’ble Judges from the High Courts of Punjab and Haryana, Allahabad, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttrakhand and Jammu & Kashmir, representatives of Centre and state Governments, Judicial Officers and other dignitaries from northern region of the country participated in the Colloquium.

The proceedings of the Colloquium were also telecast live in the adjoining convention Hall, to enable the Trainee Judicial Officers to have access to the deliberations, for the constraints of space in the Auditorium, which was packed to capacity.

Colloquium was necessitated as the provisions of the newly enacted welfare legislature are not thoroughly known to the public and to the officials dealing with the Act, so there was need to sensitize the Officers empowered under the Act and to create awareness to the general public.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri, while inaugurating the Regional Colloquium, has emphasized on the strict implementation of the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the pure food being a Fundamental Right. He has highlighted the double standards of the MNCs, which are preparing the food articles for their respective countries in strict compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the said countries, but when it comes to India, these very Companies prepare the adulterated food items.

While echoing the issues and concerns raised by Dr. Sunita Narian, Justice Sikri has also made mention about the judicial activism and the Courts entering the arena of legislation by issuing necessary and requisite directions to ensure the access to an unadulterated and pure food to the citizens of the country, in view of the laxity on the part of the Executive.

He has lauded the initiatives taken by Legal Services Authority, U.T., Chanidgarh under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta as well as Health Department, Government of Punjab, for holding such colloquium of first of its nature in the country and also called upon the other State Governments in the country to create awareness amongst the citizens about their rights to have pure food and further give effect to the scheme and objective of the Act.

Justice Ashutosh Mohunta, Acting Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court has emphasized that Right to Pure Food has to be considered as fundamental human right and to ensure that Pure Food is available for all, the existing food law has to be strictly enforced.

It is especially during the festival season like Diwali that one notices about rampant adulteration in food products particularly in sweets. It is during this time that the authorities under the Act should be more vigilant so as to ensure that common man gets pure food products, sweets and other articles. The violators of the provisions of the Act should be dealt with firm hand so as to ensure that everyone gets un-adulterated, non-contaminated food. We all should spread general awareness amongst the masses about importance of pure food and ill effects of Food Adulteration because it is the question of everybody’s health and broadly speaking, it is the question of nation’s health.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M. Kumar, Chief Justice, Jammu and Kashmir High Court, emphasized on the need for having a strong legislation as well as regarding setting up necessary infrastructure and trained and dedicated manpower and well equipped to implement the provisions of the Act in their letter and spirit.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta raised the concerns about the uncontaminated and healthy food being a big challenge despite the legislation of the various statutes including the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. He stressed upon fixing of responsibility of the manufacturers in case the food products were found to be not meeting the prescribed standards.

Dr. Sunita Narain stressed upon the need for having strong legislation. While raising her serious concerns about the adulterated food items, she referred to the instances of antibiotic having been found in the samples of honey and chicken tested in the laboratories. She said that our country the farmers have been driven to go for industrial farming by using pesticides to increase the productivity, but by compromising on the health and safety standards. The Food we eat is either adulterated, unhealthy or contaminated.