FSSAI conducted a workshop on fixation of maximum residue levels for pesticides, veterinary drugs and antibiotics in foods for animals and in processed foods The workshop was held in New Delhi on 1 and 2 February 2016. More than 100 experts from India and abroad participated in the workshop. Dr. S.C. Khurana, Consultant, FSSAI extended […]
Delhi Government formed a management cell to check pesticides in fruits & vegetables
The fruits & vegetables are high in nutrition value and are one of the key components of human diet but at the same time they are contaminated with Pesticides such as Calcium Carbide and Oxytocin which are being used in fruits & vegetables for ripening purpose. Pesticides residues ingested in human body through food and […]
What are residues? How they become part of food?
Residue can be defined as a remainder obtained from a substance after a substantial portion of it is removed. Residues have presence in food products from the deliberate use of drugs or pesticides on animals & plants. That is why we consume residues as well while we eat Veg or non-veg foods and They could […]