Food Adulteration

Food Adulteration

Food adulteration means making food or drink less pure by adding or mixing another substance to it. Nowadays, foods are often adulterated. In hotels and restaurants, stale and rotten foods are mixed with fresh food and served to the customers. Fish, and vegetables are adulterated by putting on them chemicals and other preservatives in order to make them look fresh. Bakery and confectionery products are also prepared by using toxic substances and thus they get adulterated. Junk food contains harmful chemicals. Even fruits, milk and beverages are also adulterated. In fact, all kinds of foods and food articles are adulterated by dishonest and greedy businessmen and shop keepers for quick and unearned profit. Actually, the range of adulteration activities is many. The persons who adulterate foods are cruel and devoid of conscience. They don’t think how much harm they are doing to the consumers. They adulterate food without the least hesitation or torment of conscience. So, they use formalin in fish and fish products to preserve for long period of time, use urea in fried rice to make it more white and large. Add oleomargarine or lard to butler and ghee. They also use artificial colorants in juices and drinks. These are reality in the field of food-adulteration. Adulterated foods are a serious health hazard. They cause many fatal diseases and even death. By eating or drinking these food items. People are to succumb to untimely death. Because these foods causes problem of heart, liver, kidney, bone etc. Public awareness should be created so that they become careful about buying foods and food articles. Besides, the criminals have to be identified and punished. The relevant departments of the government should remain ever vigilant against food adulteration and gear up their activities. They must strictly monitor the market regularly and must give exemplary punishment to the criminals so as to prevent this notorious social crimes.