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As Food Adulteration Cases Spike In Hyderabad, Check Out These FSSAI-Approved Food Safety Tips

Keeping in mind Hyderabad’s rising food adulteration cases, here are a few safety tips you can keep handy to avoid adulterated food.

by Tashika Tyagi
As Food Adulteration Cases Spike In Hyderabad, Check Out These FSSAI-Approved Food Safety Tips

Last December, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released data that revealed Hyderabad as the city with the most food adulteration cases in India. Of the 291 food adulteration cases reported in 19 major Indian cities, 246 were reported in Hyderabad alone. From milk and vegetables to tea, oils, and ice creams, adulterated food essentials have taken up most of Hyderabad’s food market. So, to help you avoid these adulterated food items, we have listed a few tips that can help you test and check food items before consumption. Read on to know more.

Food Adulteration Cases Spike In Hyderabad

Food Adulteration Hyderabad
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Hyderabad market is flooded with adulterated food items. After NCRB’s report in December, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has unearthed many food adulteration cases. From arresting fruit vendors for selling adulterated mangoes to exposing large-scale rackets where gangs were manufacturing adulterated replicas of brands like Brooke Bond Red Label, Surf Excel, and Everest spices, the GHMC has cracked down on several such cases recently. However, they believe this is still the tip of the iceberg.

According to GHMC, items like milk, tea, sugar, coffee, honey, oils, ice creams, spices, pulses, food grains, fruits, and vegetables are being heavily adulterated and sold in Hyderabad markets. They, however, have reassured the public that they’re doing everything in their power to break down this chain.

Also Read: Hyderabad Ranks First With Highest Number Of Food Adulteration Cases In India As Per NCRB

Few Tips By FSSAI To Check For Adulterated Food Items

Food Adulteration Hyderabad
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While the authorities are doing their work, we’re here to make sure you do your bit as well. Here are some Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)-approved food safety tips that you can use to test your food items before consumption.

  1. Watermelon Test: Cut the watermelon in half and rub a cotton ball on its inner parts. A normal watermelon will not leave any colour on the cotton ball. However, an adulterated one will make the ball red.
  2. Tea Leave Test: To test the authenticity of your tea leaves, take a filter paper and place the leaves on them. Then drop by drop, pour water on the leaves. If it leaves a colour streak, then the tea leaves are adulterated.
  3. Green Veggie Test: Take a cotton ball and soak it in liquid paraffin. Rub it on the outer surface of your green vegetable. If the cotton ball turns green, then your vegetable is adulterated.
  4. Green Pea Test: Add the peas to a transparent container and fill it with water. Let it sit for half an hour. If the water turns green then the peas are adulterated.

You can check for more such food tests on FSSAI’s website here.

We hope you too check your food before consumption and check out all these tests for your safety.

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