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After the ban on popular Indian brands in Singapore and Hong Kong, FSSAI ordered state governments to collect samples and test them, the Rajasthan government took this order seriously and the state health department launched a campaign against food adulteration.
The results of the tests conducted under this campaign are shocking. In this test, various toxic elements have been found in spices of famous brands like Everest, Shyam, Sheeba Taza and Gajanand in excess of the prescribed amount. However, since the manufacturing units of these brands are in other states and the right to take action lies with FSSAI, the Rajasthan government could not take any further action after the test.
A sample of this famous brand was found to be worrisome in the tests conducted by the Rajasthan Health Department and the Chief Executive Officer of FSSAI was requested by the Health Department to intervene in the first week of June itself. Apart from this, the Health Department of Rajasthan has also written a letter to the Food and Drug Commissioner of Gujarat and Haryana, where the units of these spice manufacturing brands are located, requesting them to take appropriate action.
Although almost a month has passed since this letter was written, there is no information available that FSSAI or the Gujarat-Haryana government has bothered to take any action against these manufacturing units.
Licenses of 111 spice manufacturers cancelled, 4000 samples tested
Indian authorities woke up after brands like MDH, Everest were banned in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Even a small country like Nepal has banned Indian brands, yet FSSAI sings the song asking for details.
Two months after Singapore and Hong Kong banned products of the country's famous spice brands such as MDH, Everest, etc in April, India's food manufacturing sector regulator Food Safety and Standards of India (FSSAI) has finally been forced to take action.
According to reports in the news media, the authority has cancelled the licenses of a total of 111 spice manufacturers in the month of June. However, it is true that the companies whose licenses have been cancelled are medium-sized companies, so no action has been taken against big brands. Moreover, the authorities have not officially announced the cancellation of these 111 licenses and these reports have surfaced in various news media based on sources, which naturally raises suspicions that the corrupt system is still trying to extort money. The companies whose licenses have been cancelled have been ordered to stop production with immediate effect.
Although a smaller country like Nepal also banned brands like Everest and MDH a month ago, taking lessons from the steps taken by countries like Singapore and Hong Kong, FSSAI officials have still sought details as to why these brands were banned from Singapore and Hong Kong.
You never get tired of singing this song. As reported, not just MDH and Everest, but brands like Badshah and Ketch were also banned after the presence of cancer-causing substance ethylene in the brand was found in excess of the permissible limit.
After this, FSSAI ordered various states to take samples of products of spice brands and test them. After this order, a total of 4,000 samples have been taken from across the country and so far the licenses of 111 companies have been canceled. According to media reports, most of the companies whose licenses have been canceled are medium-sized companies from Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Apart from this, a large number of samples have also been taken from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.