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- 2. FOOD ADULTERATION AND ITSIMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH CAPT MOTTALIB ROSTER – 36 MOBC 75
- 3. INTRODUCTION Adulteration of foodwith toxic chemicals harmful to health has reached an epidemic proportion in Bangladesh. The newspapers have dubbed it as the ‘silent killer’. It is very difficult to find a sector of food industry which is free of adulteration. Almost every day in the news papers, newer and newer methods of adulterating newer and newer types of foods are reported. .
- 4. AIM To discuss aboutdifferent aspects of food adulteration in BD and its hazardous impact on public health.
- 5. SCOPE a) Definition &Types of food adulteration b) Adulterants in food and health effects c) Issue & Impact to public health d) Carcinoma and food Adulteration e) Law against Food Adulteration f) Food safety and control measures in BD g) Detection of Adulterants on food h) Govt measures j) Public awareness
- 6. DEFINATION • Adulteration isdefined as the process by which the quality or the nature of a given substance is reduced through the addition of a foreign or an inferior substance and removal of vital element. • The foreign and inferior substance is known as adulterants.
- 7. TYPES OF ADULTERATION FoodAdulteration are 04 types. a. Adulteration in cooked food b. Adulteration in Fish c. Adulteration in Vegetables d. Adulteration in Juice
- 8. ADULTERANTS An adulterants isa chemical substance which should not be contained with other substance for legal or other reasons. Adulterants when used in illicit drugs are called cutting agents, while deliberate addition of toxic adulterants to food or other products for human consumption is known as poisoning. TYPES It can be classified in two ways. a. Intentional ex: Sand,marble,stones,mud etc. b. Incidental ex: pesticides ,rodents etc.
- 9. Adulteration in foodstuffs Food Stuffs Adulturants Cereal Soil,pieces of stone ,infested cereal Pulses Khesari dal Bengal gram Flour Starch powder,maize flour Ghee Vegetable ghee,Animal fat,sweet potato Milk Water Tea Used tea leavels Pepper Papaya seeds Clove Clove after extraction Dhaneya Saw dust,horse dung Red Chelli Powder Saw dust,Powdered Red Brick Honey Sugar,Water Turmeric Yellow Soil
- 11. Adulterants in Foodsand their Health Effects Adulterants Foods Diseases Mineral oil (white oil, petroleum fractions) Edible oils and fats, Black pepper Cancer Lead chromate Turmeric whole and powdered, mixed spices Anemia, abortion, paralysis, brain damage Methanol Alcoholic liquors Blurred vision, blindness, death Arsenic Fruits such as apples sprayed over with lead arsenate Dizziness, chills, cramps, paralysis, death Barium Foods contaminated by rat poisons (Barium carbonate) Violent peristalsis, arterial hypertension, muscular twitching, convulsions, cardiac disturbances Cadmium Fruit juices,soft drinks, etc. in contact with cadmium plated vessels/equipment. ‘Itai-itai (ouch-ouch) disease, Increased salivation, acute gastritis, liver and kidney damage, prostrate cancer
- 12. Contd… Adulterants Foods Diseases CobaltWater, liquors Cardiac insufficiency and mycocardial failure Lead Water, natural and processed food Lead poisoning (foot-drop, insomnia, anemia, constipation. Argemone seeds Argemone oil Mustard seeds Edible oils and fats Epidemic dropsy, Glaucoma, Cardiac arrest Artificially coloured foreign seeds As a substitute for cumin seed,Poppy seed, black pepper Injurious to health Foreign leaves or exhausted tea leaves, saw dust artificially coloured Tea Injurious to health, cancer TCP Oils Paralysis Rancid oil Oils Destroys vitamin A and E Sand, marble chips, stones, filth Food grains, pulses etc. Damage digestive tract Lathyrus sativus Khesari dal alone or Mixed in other pulses Lathyrism (crippling spastic paraplegia)
- 13. Reasons for adulterationof food a) Lack of effective coordination b) Lack of Proper food laws c) Lack of government initiative d) Politicians are not raising their voices e) Common People are not conscious enough
- 14. Purpose The main purposeof adulteration is the tendency to money on the part of some selfish trades of using unfair means.
- 16. Disadvantage • Disadvantages forthe consumer- a) He is paying more money for a food stuff of lower quality. b) Some forms of adulteration is injurious to health even carcinogenic.
- 17. Carcinoma and foodAdulteration A recent studies shows that the increasing rate of carcinoma is somehow the cause of or the effects of using so many adulterants in food and food items. Most of the chemical adulterants are carcinogenic.
- 18. Issue of publicconcern Health burden 3 million cases of diarrhea (2005-09) Severe effects include cancer, liver and renal failure Impact of adulteration Child Health Health of pregnant women Food diseases Other diseases
- 19. Statistics on FoodAdulteration a.2 core people suffering for kidney diseases b.76% foods are adulterated Burden on public health a. Diarrhea b. 3 million cases reported (DGHS; 2005-09) c. Responsible for 15% of mortality in children under 5 years (2011)
- 20. Contd.. •Large scale adulteration •40-60% food samples found adulterated in Dhaka (IPH) • Extent and severity of food-borne illnesses unknown
- 21. Food Safety inBangladesh Action’s suggested a. Strict enforcement of food laws b. Using of advance technology c. Reducing use of chemical pesticides d. Political parties should raise their voice e. Proper public awareness Law against food Adulteration a. Bangladesh pure food ordinance 1959 b. Section 18(1) of the constitution c. Article 15 of the constitution d. Bangladesh pure food act ,2005
- 22. Strategies of Policy •Multi-sectorial involvement • Food chain approach • Risk Analysis • Monitoring and Evaluation • Scientific Research and Data • Harmonization of International Standards and Regulations
- 23. 1. Papaya seedsare used to adulterate black pepper seeds. Add some of the adulterated sample to glass water. papaya seeds float while pepper seeds do not. 2. Starch is used as an adulterant in milk. put few drops of iodine solution in milk . a blue or black colour indicates starch. 3. Old used spices are often mix with spices sold as fresh. Smell the spice . no or less smell indicates the adulteration 4. Cheap edible oil in vanaspati. Add a solution of washing soda to vanaspati and shake well. If froth appears on top, cheap oil has been added to vanaspati. 5. Artificial dye in tea leaves. Put tea leaves or moistened blotting paper. Artificial colour leaves will impart colour to blotting paper. Some common ways of detecting food adulteration
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- 26. All the consumershould be alert and check the quality of food. Raise the voice towards food adulteration PUBLIC AWARENESS
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