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In bakeries, synthetic pigments are added in desserts and soft drinks in different colours and it is eye-catching for all. But, it is slightly unsuitable for nutritious foods. Due to the high cost of natural pigments, traders and manufacturers add synthetic pigments for profit. Doctors are advised us to avoid these kind of food, but we prefer foods and beverages made with such synthetic pigments. In shops and bakeries, they know the addition of natural pigments does not cause any harm, but for business profit they add synthetic pigments in cake, Mysore pak, halwa, and which was makes in different colours to attract the people. Lab reports proclaim that, if we consume these products continuously it will cause various physical ailments and side effects. Addition of synthetic pigments in food is exceeding the permissible level of 100 ppm is prohibited under our Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 and Food Addition Regulation Rule 2011. For increasing their sales and profit, they add too much of synthetic pigments without any concern for our human society. Adding too much of Synthetic pigments in food is dangerous to our human society.
Consequences:
1.Metabolism will occur in children.
2.It will leads to cause stress, skin disease and asthma.
3.Lab reports proclaim that, if we continuously consume the synthetic pigments, which contain a chemical like Benzene, it will cause cancerous tumor.
Ways to prevent this:
1.As we are consumers, we should make sure that the food contains natural pigments and moreover insist the shopkeeper to add natural pigments.
2.Traders and manufacturers don’t do this business for profit and try maximum to add the natural pigments like Lycomin, turmeric and Chilli. If you cannot, add synthetic pigments under the rules and regulations and add 100 mg in sweets like soft drinks, cakes, Mysore pak and jilebi.
3.The Food Safety Officers of the Food Safety and Drug Administration of the state of Tamil Nadu must do their inspections properly and ensure that, the sale of food ingredients does not contains excess of synthetic pigments as prescribed by law.
Published in the public interest by Earth & Health Care Council.