- An adulterant is a substance found within other substances such as food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, fuel or other chemicals that compromises the safety or effectiveness of said substance.
- It will not normally be present in any specification or declared contents of the substance, and may not be legally allowed.
- the action of making something poorer in quality by the addition of another substance.
- https://vikaspedia.in/health/health-campaigns/beware-of-adulteration/adulteration
- https://vikaspedia.in/health/health-campaigns/beware-of-adulteration/adulteration
- https://www.quora.com/What-is-adulteration-why-is-it-done-and-what-are-examples-of-it
- http://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/Effects-of-food-adulteration-on-human-health
- https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/common-food-adulterants-in-india-1370601-2018-10-19
- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/fssai-proposes-life-imprisonment-rs-10-lakh-fine-for-food-adulteration/articleshow/64748145.cms
- https://www.fssai.gov.in/cms/food-safety-and-standards-act-2006.php
- https://www.fssai.gov.in/cms/authorised-officer.php
- It is requested to to have a lab, in every city and to have volunteers who are interested in social well-being to check all the foods sold in every shop especially the wholesalers distributors and retail shops for they are after making money at the cost of consumer's health.
- Sometimes even the eatables and biscuits are sold after the expiry date.
- You will find another slip affixed on the expiry date extending the expiry
- The lab. can send the details to the concerned authority to take further steps.
- Some of the officials may not be so particular or careless and such officials must be supplied with such adulterated stuff and must know the pains and problems of the common people.
- Money, bribe and corruption supersedes
any law.
