The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) provides simple at-home tests. to detect food adulteration. These tests cover common food items like milk, vegetables, turmeric, tea leaves, ghee, and spices. Consumers can check for purity using water, blotting paper, magnets, and visual inspection, ensuring safer food choices.
LUCKNOW: Do you know that you can check adulteration in food at home? According to experts Jat Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), you can check food adulteration by following simple steps. According to Vijay Pratap Singh, assistant commissioner of food safety, Lucknow, consumers should check the label before purchasing any packaged food product.
“Key detalls to verify Include the 14-digit FSSAI licence number, lot or batch number, manufacturing date, expiry date and the list of Ingredients. If consumers wish to file a complaint, they may contact oll-free number 1800-180-5533,” he sald.
Tips to check adulteration
Milk
Take a clean glass plate and slowly pour 1-2 ml of milk vertically on it. If
the drop moves slowly leaving a white trall that means milk is pure, but if the drop flows rapidly, It means It has been adulterated with water
Green vegetables
Take a small quantity of green vegetables and a piece of
moistened white blotting paper. Keep green vegetables on white blotting paper. No colour change will be seen with unadulterated vegetables, but if the paper gives an Impression of green colour, It means vegetables are adulterated.
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Turmeric
Take a small quantity of turmeric whole in a glass of water. There is no colour change when unadulterated, but if water turns bright yellow, it means adulteration with lead chromate.
Tea leaves
Tea leaves are often adulterated with Iron filings. To test It, put tea leaves on a glass plate and move a magnet through it. Magnet moved on unadulterated tea has no Iron filings
Ghee
Take 1/2 teaspoon of ghee in a transparent glass bowl. Add 2-3 drops of lodine solution to the ghee. No colour change will be observed in unadulterated ghee, but If it turns blue, It may be adulterated with mashed or sweet potatoes
Butter
Take some water in a transparent glass bowl. Add 1/2 teaspoon of butter and 2-3 drops of lodine solids. No colour change will be observed in the solution with unadulterated butter. Solution with starch adulterated butter will turn blue
Food grains
Take a glass of water, add two teaspoons of food grains. Water with unadulterated grains won’t change colour
Oil
Take 2ml of oil in a transparent container and add a little butter in it. The unadulterated oll remains unchanged but changes to red if it is adulterated
Red chilli powder
Take a glass of water and sprinkle some chili powder. The unadulterated chilli powder stays on the surface for some time and gradually settles down without leaving any colour streaks. Adulterated powder with artificial colour will leave streaks behind.
Cinnamon
Take small quantity of cinnamon on glass plate. Closely examine the bark. Unadulterated cinnamon is thin and can be rolled around a pencil with a distinct smell. The adulterated cinnamon comprises several layers In between the rough outer and Innermost smooth layers
Coffee powder
Take a glass of water, add half a teaspoon of coffee In the glass and wait for 5 min. The unadulterated coffee will have no sediments at the bottom of the glass. The adulterated coffee will have clay sediments at the bottom of the glass.
Salt
Take some water in a glass, add salt and stir it well. Unadulterated salt dissolves completely in water. Salt adulterated with chalk makes water slightly white and some Impurities are visible at the bottom of the glass
Sugar
Take a glass of water, add 10 gm of sugar and stir it well. Unadulterated sugar dissolves completely with no sediments. Adulteration with Chalk leaves Impurities.
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