Summary:
Main causative agents for food adulteration being used are synthetic food colours, sub-standard food quality, fake branded food items and not mentioning the batch and date of manufacturing of the food items. SFL gets about 10,000 samples of food items by GHMC officials of which 10% to 20 % items are found to be adulterated. A press release from the ACB DG said that on receiving credible information that money was exchanging hands between the GHMC food control officials and SFL’s officials for manipulation of adulterated food analysis reports, a surprise check was conducted on the lab premises, on July 15. Narsinga Rao, the Assistant Food Controller, GHMC, colluded with the Chief Public Analyst to influence the Central Lab authorities at Pune,” a press release said. GHMC’s assistant food controller K.
Balaji Raju, record assistant A.
Jagan, State Food Laboratory (SFL) chief public analyst under Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM) N.
Ravindra, Haveli Bar & Restaurant, Begumpet, owner K.V..