Avoid Audulterated and Contaminated Foods

STOP buying Adulterated, Contaminated Foods from the markets.
Try to buy only 100% organic foods.

Adulterated food is the food that is generally, impure, unsafe, or unwholesome. Food adulteration is the act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or substitution of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable ingredient. Products that are adulterated under these laws definitions cannot enter into commerce for human food use. Under U.S. law, using an ingredient not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one form of food adulteration.

Types of adulterants: Sand, marble chips, stones, mud, other filth, talc, chalk powder, water, mineral oil, and harmful color. Pesticide residues, droppings of rodents, larvae in foods. Arsenic from pesticides, lead from water, effluent from chemical industries, tin from cans.

CAUSES OF FOOD ADULTERATION:
The profit motive of traders: Done as a part of the business strategy.
Food insecurity: To increase the quantity of food production and sales.
Increased Urbanization: To make maximum profit from food items by fewer investments.

PENALTY is minimum imprisonment of 6 months that may extend up to 3 years and a minimum fine of Rs. 1000/-  To Rs. 2,00,000/-  Import, manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of any food article which is adulterated or any adulterant which is injurious to health is being used is punishable under Law.

Pre-caution:
When you buy vegetables or fruits, make a habit to wash them by soaking in lemon water or tamarind water or in baking soda water for 30 minutes before you cook or eat. If possible peel the upper layer of the vegetables and fruits to remove any chemicals or wax sprayed on the food.