May 25, 2017
பான் மசாலா, குட்கா தடை ஓராண்டு நீட்டிப்பு
தமிழகத்தில், பான் மசாலா, குட்கா போன்ற புகையிலைப் பொருட்கள் தயாரிக்க, விற்பனை செய்வதற்கான தடை, ஓராண்டுக்கு நீட்டிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.குட்கா, பான் மசாலா போன்றவற்றில், புகையிலை மற்றும் நிக்கோட்டின் அதிக அளவில் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது. இவை, உடல் நலத்திற்கு பெரும் பாதிப்பை ஏற்படுத்துகின்றன. எனவே, குட்கா, பான் மசாலா, புகையிலை, நிக்கோடின் கலந்த உணவுப் பொருட்கள் தயாரிக்க, விற்பனை செய்ய தடை விதிக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளது.
அது வரும், 23 முதல், ஓராண்டுக்கு தடை நீட்டிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதற்கான உத்தரவை, உணவு பாதுகாப்பு கமிஷனர், அமுதா பிறப்பித்துள்ளார்.
தரமற்ற உணவு விற்பனை செய்யப்படுவதாக புகார்: சென்டிரல் அருகே 500 கிலோ சுகாதாரமற்ற இறைச்சி பறிமுதல்
சென்னை சென்டிரல் அருகே தரமற்ற உணவு பொருட்கள் விற்பனை செய்யப்படுவதாக வந்த புகாரையடுத்து, அப்பகுதியில் உணவு பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரிகள் சோதனை நடத்தி 500 கிலோ சுகாதாரமற்ற இறைச்சியை பறிமுதல் செய்தனர்.
சென்னை,
சென்னை சென்டிரல் ரெயில் நிலையம் அருகே உள்ள அல்லிகுளம் பகுதியில் உள்ள கடைகளில் சுகாதாரமற்ற உணவு பொருட்கள் மற்றும் இறைச்சிகள் விற்பனை செய்யப்படுவதாக அதிக அளவில் புகார்கள் எழுந்தது. இதையடுத்து உடனடி நடவடிக்கை மேற்கொள்ள உணவு பாதுகாப்பு துறைக்கு மாவட்ட கலெக்டர் அன்புசெல்வன் உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்தார். அதன்படி சோதனை நடத்த உணவு பாதுகாப்புத்துறை (சென்னை மாவட்ட) நியமன அதிகாரி கதிரவன் உத்தரவிட்டார்.
இதையடுத்து உணவு பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரிகள் சதாசிவம், சிவசங்கரன், லோகநாதன், ஜெபராஜன், சுந்தரராஜன், ராஜபாண்டி ஆகியோர் கொண்ட குழு நேற்று மாலை அல்லிகுளம் பகுதியில் அதிரடி சோதனை மேற்கொண்டது.
அப்போது அங்குள்ள கடைகளில் தரமற்ற எண்ணெய் மற்றும் மசாலாக்கள் கலந்து மீன், கோழி, ஆடு மற்றும் மாட்டிறைச்சி விற்பனை செய்யப்படுவது கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டது. கெட்டுப்போன இறைச்சியும் அதிக அளவில் பறிமுதல் செய்யப்பட்டது. மேலும் சில கடைகளில் தடை செய்யப்பட்ட புகையிலை பொருட்களும் பறிமுதல் செய்யப்பட்டது.
500 கிலோ இறைச்சி
பின்னர், சென்னை அரசு பொது ஆஸ்பத்திரி முன்பு இருக்கும் கடைகள் மற்றும் அப்பகுதியில் உள்ள நடைபாதை கடைகளில் விற்கப்படும் உணவு பொருட்களின் தரத்தையும் அதிகாரிகள் சோதனை செய்தனர். அப்போது காலாவதியான குடிநீர் கேன்கள், தரமற்ற உணவு பொருட்கள் ஆகியவற்றை அதிகாரிகள் பறிமுதல் செய்தனர்.
உணவு பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரிகள் நேற்று நடத்திய அதிரடி சோதனையில் 500 கிலோ அளவில் தரமற்ற மற்றும் கெட்டுப்போன இறைச்சிகள் மற்றும் புகையிலை பொருட்கள் பறிமுதல் செய்யப்பட்டன. அடிக்கடி உபயோகப்படுத்தப்பட்ட எண்ணெய் அங்கேயே கொட்டி அழிக்கப்பட்டன.
Spoiled, smelling bun from bakery gets to NVCO
‘Health concerns about food becoming more common in state’
Dimapur, May 24 (EMN): The Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) has sought action from the authorities over alleged ‘spoiled and smelling chicken bun’ that a bakery in Kohima town was said to have sold to customers.
According to a press release from the NVCO, it was on the 22nd of May that a student leader by the name Kediseto Tase had bought ‘chicken bun’ from Friends Bakery situated near Mohokhola bridge in Kohima at around 10.30 am.
“However, after reaching village may be within an hour or so the chicken bun was found to be spoiled and was badly smelling. Mr. Kediseto Tase himself went to Friend Bakery and informed them about the spoiled chicken bun but at first the person in the bakery was adamant saying that is was make (sic) only in the morning and not in a position to accept the wrong,” the press release stated.
Tase was stated to have gone back and brought a sample to show it to the person in the bakery ‘asking them smell it.’ Only after that, the NVCO stated, they accepted that the chicken bun was spoiled and was “also smelling badly and they also stated that their products are supplied by Popular Bakery.”
The NVCO stated that the consumer took his grievance to the department of Food Safety besides bringing to the notice of the Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO).
The NVCO has taken serious note of the matter expressing worry that the problem was ‘becoming more and more common in our market.’
The organisation stated: “The government of Nagaland had already implemented the Food Safety & Standard Act 2006 in the state and the chief medical Officer Kohima have informed the food business operators including hotels, restaurants, provisions, bakeries, groceries, home based canteens of schools/colleges, office, tea stall, street food vendors, etc. to obtain food safety license/registration and as per the Act the Food Safety Officer should checked all these food business operators.”
Food safety refers to the condition and practices that preserve the quality of food to prevent contamination of food borne illness.
The Food Safety & Standard Act 2006 aims to consolidate laws relating to food and to establish the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India “for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, to ensure availability of sale and wholesome food for human consumption in the country,” the NVCO stated.
Unsafe pulses sold in Valley
FSD asks dealers to stop sale, distribution of polished pulses
Srinagar:
The Food Safety Department (FSD) Wednesday declared polished pulses sold in Kashmir as unsafe and asked dealers to stop selling them in the market.
Assistant Commissioner Food Safety, Srinagar, Hilal Ahmad Mir told Rising Kashmir that the Department has detected polishing in pulses using soapstone and oil.
The Food Analyst Kashmir found Arhar and Channa Dal samples coated with hazardous soapstone and oily substances, which have been declared unsafe as per the Food Safety & Standards Act (FSSA), 2006.
“If consumed, they can cause a potentially harmful effect on human health,” Mir said.
He said from coloured stones to hazardous Kesari dal, adulterated pulses are being openly sold in the market.
“The cheap and low-quality Kesari dal was banned by the government in 1961,” he said.
According to doctors, most of the polished Dals contain diamino-pro-pionic acid, which could lead to paralysis of the lower body and numbness in limbs and spine.
Officials said traders start mixing Kesari dal with normal variety of pulses after rise in prices of Arhar dal due to a poor harvest.
Mir said he has directed the designated Food Safety Officers in the districts to strictly enforce the order immediately.
“I have also requested the Commissioner Food Safety to issue ban orders as per the Analyst Report,” Mir said.
FDA seals 12 fake plants of packaged drinking water
Pune: Officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have taken action against 12 packaged drinking water plants operating without licences in 2017.
Seven plants in the Pune division were shut down. Four facilities were sealed in Solapur and one in Kolhapur. "We have shut down the illegal plants after issuing prohibitory orders," the joint commissioner (food) of FDA in the Pune division, S S Sawant, said.
Licences from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) are essential for running a packaged drinking water plant.
"There are 810 plants in Maharashtra that have requisite licences and the necessary water testing facilities. However, there are nearly 1,700 illegal mineral water bottling plants," the president of the Maharashtra Association of Bottled Water Manufacturers, Vijaysinh Dubbal, told TOI.
Most illegal plants are located in Thane, Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur and Pune, Dubbal added.
While proprietors of standard mineral water processing plants invest around Rs 70 lakh on their bottling units, owners of illegal plants invest only Rs 2 lakh.
"The demand for packaged water is so high," a restaurant owner added, "that it hardly matters whether the bottles are certified or not."
Surprise raids by FS deptt at Junglighat, Shore Point
Port Blair
The Food Safety Officers of District Food Safety Unit, South Andaman conducted surprise raids at Junglighat and Shorepoint/Bambooflat areas recently during which 47 food business premises were inspected. Seven FBOs have been issued compounding and improvement notices for the offence committed. The premises include bakeries, restaurants, petty vendors, hotels, grocery sellers, hawkers, road side eateries, poultry shops, slaughter houses, vegetable sellers and other food business operators (FBOs).
During the inspection, it is observed that slaughtering units at Junglighat were unhygienic and maintained in un-sanitary conditions and FBOs were given on the spot instructions for necessary rectifications. They have been compounded and issued improvement notices and directed to rectify the defects within 14 days. Compounding Notice and Improvement Notice for violator of FSS Act, 2006 for Bambooflat and Shore Point area are being issued separately.
The food business operators have been advised to keep their premises licensed/registered and maintain sanitary and hygienic conditions of their premises and comply with provisions under the Food Safety Act’2006. The general public have also been requested to pass on information relating to violation of food safety norms to the Commissioner of Food Safety, A&N Islands at No. 03192-231024/9434280018 or on District Control Room No.1070 for strict actions against violators.
Cannot tell number of abattoirs in Uttar Pradesh: CAG
ALLAHABAD: The total number of small slaughterhouses along with other petty food business operations (FBO) in the state cannot be ascertained as a survey for the same has not been carried out by food and drug administration since the inception of food safety and standards act in 2011.Apart from it, 56% of the total 45,868 businesses who duly applied for licences were issued the same without carrying out inspections of safety, hygiene and sanitary conditions, reveals a report released by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) here. The report also blames poor health of the people in the state to the petty businesses.The petty FBO includes abatoirs whose slaughtering capacity includes two large animals or 10 small animals or 50 poultry birds. Apart from slaughter houses, dairy units and food production units having turnover less than 12 lakh annually also comes under FBOs.Principal Accountant General PK Kataria said, "There was no assurance that all the petty FBOs running their business in districts were actually registered and licensed under the FSS Act."In the absence of surveys, there was no mechansim available at district level to assess the number and consequently food safety authority was not able to monitor their activities.
The audit team had also carried out inspections randomly across the state apart from seeking documents from Commissioner, Food Safety. The teams found that about 99% licenses were issued to businesses in tested-districts without checking adequacy of safety measures, sanitary and hygienic conditions."The extreme laxity on the part of the department in enforcing the provisions of food and safety standards act resulted in majority of the slaughterhouses and other FBOs running their business without any licence and registration," said CAG report.. .
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