An overview of adulteration.

1. A.Seenivasaraja B.A Economics.,
II M.A Economics.,
Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College,sivakasi.
An overview of Adulteration..

2. 1 Meaning of
adulteration
2 Commonly
defined adulteration
3 Declared adulteration
if
4 Types of food adulteration
5 Causes of food
adulteration 6 Methods of adulteration
7 Measures for food
adulteration
8 Impact of adulteration in
economy
9 conclution
We go to discuss about these thinks

3. Meaning of Adulteration:
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.

4. Adulteration of food commonly defined :
 “The addition or subtraction of any substance to or from food, so
that the natural composition and quality of food substance is
affected“.
 Altering the existing natural properties of food .
 Lack of facilities for maintaining food quality .
 Incidental contamination during the period of growth,
harvesting, storage, processing, transport and distribution of
foods are also considered.

5. Food is declared adulterated if:
 A substance is added which depreciates or injuriously affects it.
 Cheaper or inferior substances.
 Any necessary constituent has been wholly or in part abstracted.
 It is an imitation.
 It is coloured or otherwise treated, any added substance injurious
to health.
 Its quality is below the standard.
 It may be toxic and can affect health and it could deprive nutrients
essential for proper growth and development.

6. METHODS OF FOOD ADULTERATION:
 Mixing: Mixing of clay, stones, pebbles, sand, marble chips, etc.
 Substitution: Cheaper and inferior substances being replaced
wholly or partially with good ones.
 Concealing quality: Trying to hide the food standard. E.G. adding
captions of qualitative food to low quality for selling.
 Decomposed food: Mainly in fruits and vegetables. The
decomposed ones are mixed with good ones
 Misbranding/ False labels: Includes duplicate food stuffs, changing
of manufacture and expiry dates.
 Addition of toxicants: adding non-edible substances like argemone
in mustard oil, low quality preservatives, colouring agents, etc.

7. TYPES OF FOOD ADULTERATION
 Intentional adulteration: The adulterants are added as a
deliberate act with intention to increase profit.
 Incidental Adulteration: Adulterants are found in food
due to negligence, ignorance or lack of proper facilities.
E.G. Packaging hazards like larvae of insects, droppings,
pesticide residues, etc.
 Metallic adulteration: When the metallic substances are
added intentionally or accidentally. Eg: arsenic,
pesticides, lead from water, mercury from effluents, tins
from cans, etc.

8. CAUSES OF FOOD ADULTERATION:
 Profit motive of traders: Done as a part of the
business strategy.
 Food insecurity: To increase quantity of food
production and sales.
 Increased Urbanization: To make maximum
profit from food items by fewer investments.
 High population demands: Increased food
demand of the population and its changing
trends.
 Illiteracy of general public: Lack of
consciousness of proper food consumption.
 Lack of effective food laws.
 Lack of government in initiative.

9. MITIGATION MEASURES FOR ADDRESSING
FOOD ADULTERATION:
 proper surveillance of the implementation food laws.
 monitoring of the activities with periodical records of hazards
regarding food adulteration.
 periodical training programmes for Senior
Officer/Inspector/Analysts for food safety
 consumer awareness programmes organized by holding
exhibitions/seminars/training programmes and publishing
pamphlets.
 strict actions and punishment for those who are involved in food
adulteration.

10. Impact of adulteration in economy:
 The people are facing the health problem, and they
become unproductive.
 Some are face the infertility problem.
 Reduce the birth rate and increase the death rate.
 Economy spend more money to the medical facilities.
 Peoples and consumers are highly exploit.
 The future generation is grow up in unhealthy situation.
 The buyer cannot believe the market.
 The one side of the society become rich.

11. Conclusion :
In society every one have a responsibility to act as perfect. In
market the trader or producer are have the vital role in part of
responsibility to behaive in the market. And the consumers are
also the own self evaluate skill to judge the which is good and
bad for our life.
We need for as to erase the adulteration and adulterator products
first we implement the strong lows, and proper monitor body
,and fair trade .Important thing is the good consumer have a
perfect knowledge about the market.

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