The Pioneer 23.11.2010
MCD awaits adulteration report of food samplesPNS | Dehradun
Even a fortnight after Diwali, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun’s (MCD) drive of collecting the food samples to examine the adulteration has not reached its logical conclusion. The MCD is yet to get the report on the adulteration level in the food samples.
Ahead of Diwali, the MCD and Health Department had collected samples of food items from various city shops. Sale of adulterated food is common in Uttarakhand, however, the practice increases during festive seasons like Diwali. The MCD officials had said that the samples of dairy products would be sent to a laboratory in Solan, Himachal Pradesh. Aim of the drive was to protect as many people as possible from the possible ill-effects of consuming adulterated food items sold during the festive season. However, even a fortnight after these samples were collected, the authority has no idea about the report.
Observers say that the drive was nothing more than an official formality. Even though the State Health Department claimed that State’s first Food and Drug Laboratory has been functioning for the last one year but the ground reality is something from the reality as the food samples have been regularly sent to the neighbouring States for examinations. Besides, couple of senior Government doctors also admitted that consumption of adulterated food items attracts several fatal diseases to consumers and sometimes proved fatal to victims if not treated.
