Few days ago t watched a TV report, and I just shocked,, do you know why? Because IPH (Institute of Public Health) run a survey and found that 55% food are adulated.
Toxic artificial dye is used to colour fruits and vegetables such as melons, Mangoes, jackfruit, Lychees, watermelon, pineapple, papaya and bananas and tomatoes to give them a rich colour. Even food color is being adulterated. Such as and Candy, chips, ice cream, chewing gum and even Biryani may contain large amounts of poor quality food colour. Urea fertilizer is used while frying muri to whiten it.
Brick dust is mixed with chili powder and a poisonous yellow colorant is mixed with turmeric powder to make it more yellow. Mangoes, Jackfruit, Lychees, watermelon, pineapple, papaya and bananas are artificially ripened using a carcinogenic chemical called ethylene oxide.
If you think fish is a healthy option think again. Many fish sellers spray fish with ‘formalin’ — a chemical usually used for preservation of tissues.
Now come to the restaurant…Cooking oil that is so commonly used to deep fry items should only be used once but many food vendors and restaurants recycle burnt oil. Once the oil is used for cooking, it becomes oxidized. The more the oil is used, the more pre-oxide is created which is really harmful for the body. This gets more poisonous with continued usage.
So after all you think that, getting safe food is possible for use. I think it impossible right now to gate pure food as like as impossible for a street boy to become son in law of (say any and popular rich people name).
Adulterated food has many deadly affects. In a research it found that adulterated foodstuffs each year causes various food borne illnesses, including diarrhea, malnutrition and other diseases leading to death of many people in Bangladesh. Actually most of the time child’s are affected more than adult. in another report we found that that in every 19 children 1 child die before they complete five years.
Coloring dyes, calcium carbide, urea, brunt engine oil and even some permitted preservatives are used in excessive amount that affect multiple organs of human body. Mostly it causes cancer like colon, peptic ulcer diseases, and chronic liver diseases including cirrhosis and liver failure, electrolyte imbalance and eventually kidney failure.
Heart diseases, blood disorders and bone marrow abnormality are also detected. Chance of malignancy increases and neurological impairment or brain functions are also often compromised. Skin problems are frequently seen including allergic manifestation.
after all I want to say though we know this is harmful for our body, and it’s a serious crime,, but we forget everything and we do it only for money. ok, that’s why I thought may be its time to raise our awareness about against food adulteration…and want spread out one massage to all is Take care of your food means taking care of your health.
If you Have Any opinion about This..
11. Present Rules and Regulation
The Bangladesh Pure Food Ordinance, 1959
The Bangladesh Pure Food Rules, 1967
The Food Grain Supply (Prevention of Prejudicial activity)
Ordinance, 1979
The Radiation Protection Act, 1987
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
18. What the govt. doing?
The public health is now under threat. Lack of monitoring and corruption are
considered to be the major cause of theses. A class of greedy people is always out
of the control of the government who involve in such a business which has always
been in way that anyhow altering the food quality and making it an immense
change which is seriously harmful for human and mental health. Govt. is now still
trying but it doesn’t seem to be enough to stop the violation of law.
20. Recommendation
Govt. or individual can’t solve the problem and do the solution.
The people involved in this concern needs to realize about their
unethical activities.
The law monitoring agencies need to be hyper active and up-to-date
and the people involved with such crime needs to be given significant
punishment along with fining.
Everywhere the people need to come forward to metalize the
implementation of laws through the society.
In every relative places the laws need to be hang out for display with
clear explanations.
21. Conclusion
An effective food safety regulatory framework is imperative to ensure safe food for
consumers in a country. Bangladesh is lacking it for a long time which resulted
serious public health issues as discussed in this paper. However, considering the
current situations, it can be recommended that the FSRRB requires a single well-drafted
and up to date legislation that will provide for an autonomous and apex
food safety regulatory body to perform all kind of coordination.
