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Adulteration of foods has become a national issue. The problem is not only ignoring the
human rights for safer food but also endangering public health seriously with numerous
acute and chronic diseases. Our future generation will be seriously affected with vulnerable
physical and mental growth inflicted by food adulteration. This paper describes the impact of
consumption of adulterated foods on human health and the roles of the concerned
authorities to eradicate it. The key objective of this paper is not to blame or undermine
anyone. We intend to inform the current scenario of food adulteration and wish to bring a
positive change through proper measures by the concerned regulatory authorities.
Adulteration may occur in simple three following basic patternsFirstly, adding adulterant is the main cause of food adulteration.
Adulterants can be anything that will decrease the quality of the
product. The addition of adulterant in food may be intentional or
accidental.
Adulterants may be solids, chemicals, liquids, colouring substances and
preservative.
Chemicals are applied to increase the shelf of processed or semiprocessed food item such as formaldehyde(commonly known as
formalin), various compounds of Carbide i.e calcium Carbide; urea,
artificial sweeteners Some chemicals are used for ripening of fruits and
vegetables. For example, bananas are picked when green and artificially
ripened after shipment by being gassed with ethylene. Calcium carbide is
also used for ripening fruit artificially in our country which is inadvisable
because calcium carbide has carcinogenic properties.[8] Industrial-grade
calcium carbide may also contain traces of arsenic and phosphorus which
makes it a human health concern.[9] The use of this chemical for this
purpose is illegal in Bangladesh like most other countries.
Preservatives- As per the rule 2.(g) of the Pure Food Rules, 1967
Preservatives means `any substance which is capable of inhibiting,
retarding or arresting the process of fermentation, acidification or other
decomposition or deterioration of food. A preservative is a substance that
is added to food to prevent decomposition by microbial growth or by
undesirable chemical[10]
Adulterants are added to food or food adulteration may occur for the
following reasons in a nutshell
To increase the bulk and reduce cost, with intent to defraud the
consumer;
Question3: What are the Food safety laws and regulations and food
standards in Bangladesh?
Question 05: What are the Adulterants used in different food items?
Food category
and food item
Soybean oil
Mustard oil
Rice
Muri (puffed
rice)
Vegetables
Potato
Turmeric
powder
Chili powder
Cake
Biscuit
Mango,
banana,
pineapple
Noodles
Sugar
Hen egg
Jelly, sauce
Fish
Adulterant
Palm oil, chemical* , colour*, burnt mobil from rail locomotives,
burnt oil from electric transformer
Chemicals
Urea added to make it whiter
Urea fertilizer to make it whiter and puffier
Organophosphorus compounds and other pesticides
Red toxic colour
Brick dust, buter dal, kheshari dal (lentils), artificial powder, colour
Powder with colour
Textile dye, chemicals*, inedible date expired ata/maida, fertilizer
urea, substandard inedible dalda, rotten egg
Ammonium bicarbonate, sodium cyclamate, fertilizer urea, toxic
colouring agents*, palm oil, burnt oil, outdated inedible ata/maida
Calcium carbide for artificial ripening
Question 07: What are the security that we should need to stop the food
adulteration?
It is imposible to stop food adulteration within short term.we should be awareness and take care
our health and safty.The producher,seller,retailer should avoid to mixup chemical,formaline and
other dangerous things. The common man does not know whom to complain and how they
work! The first thing the government should do is to increase the awareness amongst the public
regarding the food adulteration, the local authority to whom the complaint should be addressed
and also provide proper guidelines to the manufacturers. Mobile court should rate some
organization and held dig amount of money.On the oher hand BSTI paly a important role that do
not give licence to do business.Some market and super mall need formanile cheaker that we can
eassily find out adulted food.
Conclusion: