Delhi government’s food safety department has submitted a report to the High court which states that the rice served in restaurant chains, KFC and Sagar Ratna was found to be unsafe. Random samples taken from the two popular restaurant chains were tested and the rice samples were found to contain artificial harmful colouring. Legal action […]
Kerala Government to Form New Authority to Check Pesticide Laden Foods
For some time now, there have been reports that fruits and vegetables that come into Kerala are laden with pesticides. Keeping FSSAI regulations in mind, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has now decided to take some serious steps to ensure that all food entering Kerala from the neighbouring states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and […]
What Is Food Adulteration?
Food adulteration is the process in which the quality of food is lowered either by the addition of inferior quality material or by extraction of valuable ingredient. It not only includes the intentional addition or substitution of the substances but biological and chemical contamination during the period of growth, storage, processing, transport and distribution of […]