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Food Adulteration and Additives

Organized by

Consumers Association of India, (CAI)With the support of 

Food Safety, Standards Authority of India, FSSAI)

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• First law on adulteration dates back to Hebrew age 4500 BC.

• In 13th

Century bakery products were added with  washing soda to make them white in England.

• King Henry’s  daily diet included saffron.• The vendor who supplied adulterated 

saffron was punished to death.

• This is a notorious historical punishment for food  adulteration

Adulteration ‐Introduction

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Adulteration ‐

Legislation

• 1993‐

National Nutrition Policy envisaged PFA to improve  nutritional standards

• 2002‐

National Health Policy emphasized PFA for  betterment of human health.

• WHO insists Prevention Food Adulteration as the basic step  to prevent food borne illness. 

• Adulteration cannot be prevented unless it is checked from  manufacturer  to consumer level

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CHANGE IN  FOOD HABITS

Globalisation – Multicuisines of International types

Urbanisation – Less time for cooking

Food Habits – Mushrooming of Fast Food centres

Working women – Large‐scale eating out

Selection of Food – Junk Food , street Food, Fast food 

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FOOD RELATED DISEASES

FEW STATISTICS

• 30% of Cancer deaths are food related• 20% of the world population are affected by 

unhygienic food

• 85% of urban Indians are affected by  unhygienic food

• 64% of the people have obesity

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FOOD PROCESSING METHODS

• Grinding 

• Boiling

• Heating

• Cooling

• Steaming

• Separation

• Hardening

• Fermentation

• Distillation

• Colouring

• Powdering

• Flavouring

• Adding carbon dioxide

• Fortification

• Squeezing

• Storing

• Packing

• Distribution

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Food Adulteration 

Addition or Subtraction of anything from food  that 

affects its Nutritional Value to increase

profits 

Includes mixing, substitution, misbranding, false 

labels, addition of toxicants and selling of 

decomposed or expired food

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Invisible hazards in Food

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Chemical hazards in Food

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Food  Adulterant 

Milk Water, Urea

Honey Water, Sugar Syrup

Ice Cream Washing Powder

Sugar, Salt Chalk

Mustard Seeds Aryemore Seed

Tea  Used leaves, Iron Fillings

Silver Foil Aluminum Foil

Common Adulterants

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Food Additives 

Non nutritious substances  added to enhance flavor, 

appearance, texture or improve storage life

Coloring agents, pickling,  sweeteners are few 

examples

Can lead to hyper‐activity, allergic reactions

etc

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PRESENCE OF  FOOD ADDITIVES ‐I

• Food Colours  ‐ Sweets

• Preservatives

Soft drinks

• Artificial Sweetener ‐

Supari

• Emulsifiers

Biscuits

• Antioxidants

Edible Oil

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PRESENCE OF  FOOD ADDITIVES ‐II

• Anti caking agents ‐

Salt

• Buffering agents

Soft Drinks• Flavour Enhancer  ‐ Noodles

• Clouding agent

Drinks

• Mold Inhibitors

Bread

• Leavening Agent

Biscuits

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METALLIC CONTAMINANTS

Metal | Food

| Disease

Arsenic      | Apple, Grapes   | Nausea

Lead           | Pipe Water        | Anaemia

Mercury     | Fish                   | Damage to Brain

Tin             | Canned Foods   | Head Ache

Zinc           |  G. I.  Pipes       | Vomit

Cadmium   |  Fruit Juice        | Liver damage

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CAI A5, 2nd Floor, 2nd Main Road

Thiruvalluvar nagar

Thiruvanmiyur

Chennai – 6000041

www.foodsafe.caiindia.org

Ph: 044-24513191

Email: [email protected]