Food Adulteration in India
What you eat should nourish you — not kill you.
- Awareness Programs
- 324
- Public Rallies
- 73
- Banner Campaigns
- 34
- States Reached
- 12
Poison on Your Plate
Food is the basic necessity of life. It should be pure, nutritious, and free from any type of adulteration for proper maintenance of human health. One works hard and earns to satisfy hunger — but at the end of the day, we are not sure what we are eating. Adulteration is done by antisocial persons who want to make easy money.
We might be eating a dangerous dye, sawdust, industrial starch or other contaminated products which are a major source of disease. And thus, we invite diseases rather than good health. Food adulteration is basically lowering the quality of food for sale either by admixture, substitution of other inferior substances or by removal of some valuable nutritious ingredient.
Food adulteration is a serious crime which is punishable under the law. Consumption of adulterated food can cause serious health issues and even death. The Bureau of Indian Standards inspects the various food products manufactured and issues certificates if they meet the standard quality. The various certificates of reliability are the FPO (Food Products Order) mark, The ISI (Indian Standards Institution) mark and the AGMARK (Agriculture Marketing).
CRO's Fight
There is hardly any item in the Indian market which is not adulterated. Research has shown that even fruits, vegetables and cereals sold in the market contain high levels of toxic metals like lead, nickel etc. Adulteration spares nothing when a spirit of becoming quickly rich over-rules the moral ground.
The Indian government has taken several measures to address the issue of food adulteration. The FSSAI is responsible for setting food safety standards, regulating food products, and ensuring compliance with food safety regulations. The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 provides the legal framework for regulating food safety in India.
We Consumer Rights Organisation (CRO) started a revolutionary campaign all over India in the year of 2014 against "Food Adulteration" and successfully conducted 324 awareness programs in various schools & colleges, 73 public rallies, 34 banner campaigns and through social media in 12 states — with the valuable support of BIS department, FSSAI officials, Medical officers, Officials from Legal Metrology department and local Doctors.
“We Consumer Rights Organisation (CRO) and all our members are bound to fight against adulteration and protect our consumers.”