It is totally horrifying to see and hear these food adulteration stories day in and day out. All the basic items like milk, ghee, pulses and cereals, fruits etc consumed by common man are being adulterated. Even the daily used bread and food are seemingly harmful for the health. Normally the doctors advise their patients to take milk, bread and fruits, while recovering from illness. But now it is certain that the heathy may become sick, if we take these food items. The fruits are being ripened with carbides, the milk is found with harmful chemicals like Urea, while it is reported that the breads and buns, in the market are found with carcinogenic chemicals like potassium bromate and iodate. The food adulteration is nothing but an act of giving slow poison at massive scale. It turns out to be hazardous at individual level, while it is a financial burden also, which is avoidable.
It is alarming that poisonous ingredients are found in cheese, jam, and jelly, which form the toppings in the bread taken daily as breakfast by many people, not only abroad but even in India now. I even came to know that the latest one where the toppings for bread are laced with dangerous substances in the name of preservatives, have sent jitters, that no foodstuff is safe, despite proud proclamation by the manufacturer. Even reputed food product manufacturers have come under close scrutiny of the food authorities due to various unscrupulous methods used to get flavour, and increase in shelf life of a product. We all know that the doctors have already been warning against consumption of junk food due to health reasons.
Even the leader elect are so corrupt that they keep their voters busy by raising other issues which have nothing to do with what they eat. Every other day we come across reports highlighted by media. I really do not know whether our rulers ever take up such issues seriously until few people die so that the issue could be politicised. Here again let us not forget that our leaders also adulterated as they mix up issues to keep people confused and to keep them away from core issues.
We have heard the words blood cancer, lung cancer, throats cancer etc. But now even our bread is cancer. It started with Pepsi cola, fruits, vegetables, then noodles, and now bread. Now with all this people are left in lurch unknown whether to consume such food items at all or not. It is ironic that at a time when people leaning towards eating healthy, the most basic healthy foods we are getting are contaminated. I feel its time for local governments and central government to step up to make sure that public gets only pure and healthy food. Maybe establishing a authoritative body to disseminate correct information to people cautioning them and guiding them of current problems with food available in the market.
Even the leader elect are so corrupt that they keep their voters busy by raising other issues which have nothing to do with what they eat. Every other day we come across reports highlighted by media. I really do not know whether our rulers ever take up such issues seriously until few people die so that the issue could be politicised. Here again let us not forget that our leaders also adulterated as they mix up issues to keep people confused and to keep them away from core issues.
We have heard the words blood cancer, lung cancer, throats cancer etc. But now even our bread is cancer. It started with Pepsi cola, fruits, vegetables, then noodles, and now bread. Now with all this people are left in lurch unknown whether to consume such food items at all or not. It is ironic that at a time when people leaning towards eating healthy, the most basic healthy foods we are getting are contaminated. I feel its time for local governments and central government to step up to make sure that public gets only pure and healthy food. Maybe establishing a authoritative body to disseminate correct information to people cautioning them and guiding them of current problems with food available in the market.
