Contamination of Food - Inputs Needed on Solutions
Contamination of Food Products – Root Causes
1. No regulating authorities to watch over the sweet shops and dairies
2. Companies have become extremely profit oriented
3. The quality control in factories is not up to the mark
4. Vendors use chemicals on fruits and vegetables to make them ripe faster
5. There is a blatant disregard for the importance of human life
6. The Food Safety Officers collude with the vendors and do not take action against them
7. There is no fear in the mind of adulterers
8. Businessmen are unable to see the larger perspective of ethics and code of conduct.
Contamination of Food Products - Key Issues
1. Many sweets at the Indian sweet shops are contaminated
2. The paneer and khoya available at dairies are contaminated
3. Cases of contamination of packaged milk have come up recently
4. Fruits and vegetables are treated with chemicals which makes them contaminated
5. Turmeric powder is contaminated with methanyl yellow which is a banned substance
6. Fish gets contaminated due to the chemical waste disposed in the rivers
7. Red chilli powder is contaminated with brick powder
8. Many mineral water bottles available in the market are contaminated. more