Food Adulteration

A HEALTHY mind dwells in a healthy body. People have become health conscious and nowadays articles and programmes related with health awareness have been attracting millions of household. Hectic schedule, changing food habits and lack of proper timetable in daily routine have only made things complexed for each individual. The health problems further get aggravated for an individual when he/she consumes adulterated items, which adversely affect vital biological systems of human body which include the digestive system and the nervous system.

Moreover, increase in the usage of hazardous chemicals and banned drugs in agricultural products to procure a better yield has resulted in problems related with hormonal imbalance among young children. Use of pesticides and preservatives has increased the number of cases related with infections and problems in skin, kidneys and liver. If one tends to examine school going children in the age group of 5-16 years one will find them suffering from one ailment or the other. Problems ranging from eyes to psychological disorders have become very common.
Indian laws are not so strict when it comes to selling eatables. Anyone can put a kiosk at some roadside either by greasing the palms of municipal authorities or by taking a proper licence from the corporation and then after putting that license on display in a corner of the shop, one can sell any food item. The authorities do not bother to conduct regular inspections and surprise checks on these small vendors dealing in the business of selling food items. The only time when these municipal and other district authorities given the duty of checking the quality of these food items become active is near festival times.
Majority of our citizens who eat food outside have to consume it under unhygienic conditions. Several news reporting agencies have highlighted the shortcomings and loopholes in legal system, which enables these vendors and growers to escape punishment. Farmers were