Lucknow:The Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh has taken a very important decision with the aim of protecting the health of the general public and cracking down on adulterators. The state government has imposed a complete ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of all types of analog dairy products across the state with immediate effect. Citing the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the government order issued makes it clear that it is mandatory to manufacture and sell milk and all the food items prepared from it only in their true and original nature. After this strict step, the way has been cleared for strict legal action against those selling fake and adulterated dairy products in the state.
Paneer, ghee, khoya come under the ban
As per the guidelines issued by the government, this ban will be equally applicable to all types of artificial and adulterated dairy items including analog paneer, analog cream, analog ghee, analog chhena and analog khoya.
Laboratory testing of samples of milk and dairy products taken from markets revealed shocking revelations. Investigation reports revealed that instead of natural milk and fat, cheap refined oil, various types of artificial fats, soybean and its inferior substitutes were being used indiscriminately.
Toxic chemicals revealed in investigation
The lab test report made it clear that the adulterators were not only using substandard food items but were also using chemicals that were extremely dangerous and poisonous for the human body. To make khoya, milk and cheese attractive and thick, talcum powder, detergent, titanium dioxide, liquid glucose, cepholite, ranipol, tinopol, hydrogen peroxide and many types of harmful neutralizers were being added. Such chemical elements were proving to be extremely fatal for human health and were directly playing with people's lives.
Yogi government's tough decision for health safety
It is the primary responsibility of the Food Safety Commissioner and the administration to protect the public from these deadly and poisonous products. Enforcing stringent rules under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the state government has made it clear that trade in artificial chemicals in the name of dairy products will not be tolerated at any cost. This strict decision of the government, on one hand, will help in providing pure, sattvik and safe food items to crores of citizens of the state, while on the other hand, the interests of farmers and cattle herders associated with real milk and traditional dairy business will also be protected. After this strict step, the way has been cleared for strict legal action against those selling fake and adulterated dairy products in the state.