Adulteration In Common Food Stuff And Its Harmful Effects On Human Health

FOOD ARTICLE ADULTERANT HARMFUL EFFECTS1 Bengal Gram dhal & Thoor

DhalKesai dhal Lahyrism cancer

2 Tea Used tea leaves processed and coloured Liver Disorder3 Coffee Powder Tamarind seed, date seed powder Diarrhoea

Chicory powder Stomach disorder, Giddiness and joint pain4 Milk Unhygenic water & Starch Stomach disorder5 Wheat and Other food

grains (Bajra)Ergot (a fungus containing poisonous substance) Poisonous

6 Sugar Chalk powder Stomach - Disorder7 Black powder Papaya Seeds and light berrys Stomach, liver problems8 Mustard powder Argemone seeds Epidemic dropsy & Glucoma9 Eatable oils Argemone oil Loss of eyesight, heart diseases, tumour

Mineral oil Damage to liver,carcinogenic effects Karanja oil Heart problems, liver damage Castor oil Stomach problem

10 Turmeric powder Yellow aniline dyes Carcinogenic Non-permitted colourants like metanil yellow Highly Carcinogenic Tapioca starch Stomach disorder

11 Chilli powder Brick powder, saw dust Stomach problems Artificial Colours Cancer

12 Sweets, Juices, Jam Non-permitted coaltar dye, (Metanil Yellow) Metanil yellow is toxic and carcinogenic13 Jaggery (Gur) Washing soda, chalkpowder, Starch Vomiting, Diarrhoea14 Pulses (Green peas and

dhal)Coaltar dye Stomach pain, Ulcer

15 Suapari Colour and saccharin Cancer16 Honey Molasses sugar (sugar plus water), Raw sugar Stomach disorder, Ascariasis17 Carbonator water beverages

(Soft drink) Aluminium powder, Washing soda Stomach Disorder, Peptic Ulcer

18 Ice cream

Washing powder (used to add a bright white sheen and lightness of flavour)

Stomach and liver disorders

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Rice

Green chillies, green peas and other vegetables

Small stone, Many type grass seeds

Malachite Green (To accentuate the bright, glowing green colour of the vegetable)

Digest problems

Carcinogenic, Neuralgia

Name- Samir Kumar MondalClass- 3rd year, Department Of Biology