Centre Acting on Social Media Complaints on Food Adulteration
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By TRH News Desk
New Delhi, March 26: The Centre on Wednesday said that the government is acting on the social media complaints against food adulteration. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said in the Lok Sabha that the Centre is acting proactively on social media complaints.
“We are proactively taking action on social media complaints. We take serious considerations of complaints against food adulterations,” Joshi told the Lok Sabha.
The Minister was replying during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha. The question raised concerns on adulterations in food items. Joshi was asked on steps being taken on complaints of adulterations in food items such as ‘Khoya’, ‘Paneer’, sweets, and other items.
“We have 242 laboratories to test the food samples. We also have four referral laboratories,” said Joshi in his reply. The minister also said that food inspection commissioners are also placed at the levels of states.
“We also have mobile vans which roam around to test the food samples. We are actively working to check food adulterations,” added Joshi.
The minister said that the “government takes serious views of complaints against food adulterations”. “We take criminal action in cases of food adulterations. We are serious in dealing with cases which concern the health of the people,” added Joshi.
The minister was also asked on steps being taken to address concerns of ill-effects of seed-based vegetable oils. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jitin Prasada asked on steps being taken to address concerns on ill-effects of vegetable oils sourced from seeds.
Joshi said that the Centre is spreading awareness to cut consumption of oil. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a clarion call to cut consumption of vegetable oil by 10 per cent. We are also keeping a check on the quality of oil,” said Joshi.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, however, told the MPs that the issue is in the domain of the state governments. “The states have to work on inspecting the cases of food quality,” said Birla.
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Reports in the media bring instances of milk adulteration, as well as traces of chemicals found in spices. Food adulteration, reports said, is a major cause of cancer in the country.
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