Food and Drugs administration, Government of Chhattisgarh has made an appeal to all the fruit sellers not to sell the fruits by pasting stickers on it. The people have also been urged not to procure or purchase fruits which have stickers.
Controller, FDA said if any food trader is found to store unsafe food materials, indulge in its distribution or its sale, then under Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Act 2006, section 59, imprisonment and fine will be imposed by taking necessary legal action.
Office of Controller FDA has intimated the fruits being sold in market mainly apple, mango, orange, guava, banana, sitaphal (custard apple), nashpati (pear) and others are pasted with stickers. The fruit sellers generally claim it to be premium brand or to conceal the damaged part of the fruit. Generally, the stickers carries the traders’ brand, OK tested, best quality or name of the fruit.
It is reported that the stickers have gums which is generally made by chemicals due to which the chemicals damage the fruits. Then, it becomes unfit for human consumption. As per the FSSAI Act standards, the traders and fruit sellers are not allowed to store, distribute or sell such fruits in the market. Even they are not allowed to sell the fruits and vegetables which have started to decay.
Similarly, the sale of fruits covering a layer with wax, mineral oil, colours, ripening the fruits using calcium carbide is also banned.
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