WORKSHOP ON FOOD SAFETY AND ADULTERATION AT HSC 10

WORKSHOP ON FOOD SAFETY AND ADULTERATION AT HSC 10

National Tele24 News
Chandigarh

As part of the ongoing Poshan Maah activities, Government Home Science College organized a one day workshop on food safety and adulteration. Mr. Sukhwinder Singh, Designated Officer, Food Safety Administration, GMSH-16 delivered a presentation on importance of eating not only healthy, but safe food as well. He spoke about the role of FSSAI and importance of quality standards. Household methods of testing food adulteration and common adulterants found in food were discussed. This was followed by a demonstration on adulteration. Food products such as milk and milk products, spices like hing, black pepper, mustard seeds, salt, red chilli powder and pulses such as masoor dal, moong dal were also tested for presence of any adulterants.