Purity in Peril: Impact of Food Adulteration on Public Health

NK Prasanna & SK Varshney

IMG

There is a famous saying, “Health is Wealth,” but are we actually living up to it? Because it is important to eat pure and nutritious food to stay fit and healthy. Food, the most basic need of our lives to sustain, is grappling with one of the major challenges called “Food Adulteration”. In the past few years, food quality has become a major public health concern as it has been compromised dramatically by mixing harmful ingredients in food. 

Food adulteration is a widespread problem in India, especially in rural communities, semi-urban areas, and urban slums, where consumers are tricked into buying inferior food quality products even after paying fair retail prices. This problem of adulteration spreads across…read more on NOPR