After reading this you will think twice before eating on street

Adulteration activities are on a higher level than ever before in Hyderabad city especially due to lack of proper enforcement. The Food Adulteration Department hardly conducts any raids as they are facing a staff crunch.

Hyderabad local food products have become so deadly these days with food adulteration rackets expanding their business by mixing fakes with anything and everything sold in the city. They mix masala powders with sawdust and brick powder and ice-cream and cool drinks with glycerol monostearate and caraway seeds with sodium hydrosulphite.

Sources report that even highly toxic materials like papaya seeds mixed with synthetic gum and red and black iron oxide are sold as pepper. Investigations have revealed that they took the cue from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Low-income consumers, who can't afford branded materials is the most affected as adulterated food is sold for a cheaper price. However, a majority of Hyderabad is not aware of the issue, a senior police officer said.

Food safety officials say they have only three officials and it is not humanly possible to cover every nuke and corner of the city, sources said.

With this issue, the job of raids has been left to the police, who bust food adulteration rackets occasionally. The police officials have now taken up the task and are asking for support from food inspectors. "With the adulteration so widespread, we will have to conduct raids regularly. Another drawback is that offenders get bail too easily," Commissioner's Task Force DCP B. Limba Reddy said.