Food Adulteration: Impact on Human Health and Hidden Loopholes in Implementation of the Laws
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Food is an important and a basic requirement in the lives of not only humans but also for animals, adulteration of the same does not only constitute a considerable economic problem it inflicts considerable harm to not only humans but also to the animals badly. Globally, it has been noted from a source that approximately 57% of people have found to have developed various health-related issues due to ingestion of adulterated and contaminated foods also, it is estimated that around 22% of foods are adulterated every year. Most instances of food fraud are found to go unreported and undetected since they do not result in an immediate food risk to consumers. This article focuses on the detrimental health effects of food adulteration and how it can be prevented.
The article primarily delves upon the authorities set up to curb food fraud in India and role of the judiciary for acting as an eye-opener several times.
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