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According to the Food Safety Department, fish samples collected from the Central fish market in the city contained sodium benzoate. more-inAfter Operation Sagar Rani that mainly targeted the local fish vendors who sprinkled harmful chemical preservatives on fish, the enforcement wing of the Food Safety Department is all set to routinely examine the fish stock that arrives in Kerala from other States. The main issue in Kozhikode is that vendors do not use required quantity of ice for preserving fish,” said O.
Sankaranunni, Assistant Commissioner, Food Safety Department. “No fisherman will do it deliberately because they will lose their regular clients and it will affect their business,” says Faijaz, a local fish merchant at Nadakkavu. A separate session for the fish vendors in Central market, where the misuse of sodium benzoate was confirmed, will be organised on February 15..