Review on adulteration of food and its effect on health

Authors

  • Suryabhan Shriram Dongre

Keywords:

Adulterant, Food additive, FDA, Argemone oil, Dangerous health effects

Abstract

Adulteration is a legal term meaning that a food product fails to meet the legal standards. One form of adulteration is an addition of another substance to a food item in order to increase the quantity of the food item in raw form or prepared form, which may result in the loss of actual quality of food item. That means Food adulteration is an act of adding or mixing of poor quality, inferior, harmful, substandard, useless or unnecessary substances to foods. These substances may be either available food items or non-food items. Among meat and meat products some of the items used to adulterate are water or ice, carcasses, or carcasses of animals other than the animal meant to be consumed. This act of spoiling the nature and quality of food items is considered food adulteration. Despite various measures and penalties, the problem continues to remain a big challenge for the country. Consumers around the country are increasingly more stringent laws besides demanding information on the source and reassurance of the origin and details on reprocessed food. So Every consumer first should try to prevent themselves from these adulteration to have healthy life.

 

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Published

2020-10-11

How to Cite

Shriram Dongre, S. . (2020). Review on adulteration of food and its effect on health. Ayurline: International Journal of Research in Indian Medicine, 4(05). Retrieved from https://www.ayurline.in/index.php/ayurline/article/view/462