Adulteration of food - Enforcement at source
Rice is being adulterated with small grains of stones to increase its weight. Likewise, mustard oil is mixed with crude rice bran oil, spices such as turmeric powder with metanil yellow, which is produced with metanilic acid and diphenylamine. Turmeric powder mixed with metanil yellow is purely carcinogenic, capable of causing cancer. One of the most frightening instances is low quality khesari dal being added to arhar dal, resulting in paralysis of the lower body.
The consumption of adulterated foods may have either immediate or long-term effects, or both. Immediate effects include food poisoning (diarrhoea) and consequently dehydration. Long-term effects are liver and kidney failure, and cancer. more