FOOD ADULTRATION IN DIWALI .

THE RATE OF FOOD ADULTERATION HAS TREMENDOUSLY INCREASED IN THE FESTIVE SEASONS . WE GET IN EVERY 5 FOOD ITEMS 1 AS ADULTERATED , DUE TO WHICH THE HUMAN HEALTH GETS DISTURBED AND THE ILLNESS BEGINS TO SPREAD ON A LARGE SCALE . SOME ADULTERATION  ARE AS FOLLOWS -  ADDING TISSUE PAPER TO THE MILK PRODUCTS ( RABDI , BASUNDI ) ETC , ADDING STARCH IN THE SWEETS AND MIXING PALM OIL IN OUR COOKING OIL AND ADDING VANASPATI GHEE IN THE PURE GHEE . THIS OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN WE BUY FOOD FROM OUTSIDE IN THE FESTIVE SEASONS .
WE CAN TRACE THIS ADULTERATION BY SEVERAL METHODS THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS-

1) IN OIL - TESTING ADULTERATION IN OIL BY TAKING SOME AMOUNT OF OIL IN A TEST TUBE AND ADDING FEW DROPS OF NITRIC ACID IF ADULTERATION IS DONE BY USING PALM OIL THEN IT WILL TURN INTO REDDISH BROWN COLOR .
2) IN MILK - TAKING SOME DROPS OF MILK IN A TEST TUBE  AND ADDING FEW DROPS OF IODINE SOLUTION IF BLUE COLOR APPEARS THEN THE MILK IS ADULTERATED .

 3) SWEETS - TAKING HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND RUBBING ON THE TOP OF SWEETS . IF ADULTERATED WITH STARCH OR IMPROPER COLOR THEN IT WILL TURN RED .

 4)IN GHEE - WHETHER VANASPATI GHEE IS ADDED TO THE PURE GHEE THEN WE COME TO KNOW BY ADDING 0.1 ml OF FURFURAL ACID WITH 10 ml OF HCL ( HYDROCHLORIC ACID ) AND GHEE , IF CRIMSON COLOR TURNS UP THEN IT IS ADULTERATED .

 YOU SHOULD ALWAYS THINK ABOUT YOUR HEALTH WHILE BUYING SNACKS IN DIWALI , BECAUSE THEY CAN HARM YOU SEVERELY .THEN PLEASE EAT HOMEMADE THINGS AND AVOID EATING OUTSIDE THINGS AND JUNK FOOD .