After the world-famous Tirupati temple incident in Andhra Pradesh, the fear of adulteration among people across the country has become so intense that many people now ask the shopkeepers before buying sweets in the market which kind is used in these sweets butter. yes. In Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra In temples across the state and Kerala, new decisions are now being taken regarding the purity and sanctity of prasad and in many temples where people are allowed to enter there has been a complete ban on laddus and other prasad. The biggest decision among them was taken by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced at a high-level meeting on Tuesday that his government will take five major steps to stop adulteration in temple offerings and other food items. The first major decision is that installation of CCTV cameras will be made compulsory in all restaurants, dhabas, sweet shops and other food outlets in Uttar Pradesh. Secondly, the food safety department and police will launch a special operation to investigate and the police will conduct verification of all employees working in dhabas and shops.
Third, it will be mandatory to write the names of the shop owners and managers on the boards outside all restaurants, dhabas, sweet shops and other food shops. The government said that to implement this rule, it will take action. The food safety department will also take action on relevant Make necessary changes to the law. A similar decision was implemented by the Yogi government during Kanwar Yatra but was stayed by the Supreme Court. But now that Uttar Pradesh has implemented this rule again for all religions, it will be the responsibility of the police to ensure it.
Fourth, everyone must wear masks and gloves, from the chefs who prepare the sweets and food to the staff who serve them. Fifth, to prevent food adulteration, we will conduct regular inspections and take action against food safety officials if they are negligent during inspections. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also said that items like juice, dal and roti are being sold by mixing saliva and urine and strict action will be taken in this case too.
He was saying this in relation to the Ghaziabad incident, where an accused named Aamir Khan allegedly mixed urine in juice and sold it to people, and the police also seized a liter of urine from his shop , which is evident from this. What adulteration phenomena exist in our country?
Aren’t candies from other states also adulterated?
After animal fat and FAT were found in laddus at the Tirupati temple, a nationwide debate arose over whether the adulteration could also be present in prasad sold in temples in other states and cities and in sweets sold in different cities. Fake behavior? ? It is in Petha in Agra, Peda in Vrindavan, Dhokla in Gujarat, Mawa Baati in Madhya Pradesh, Ghevar in Rajasthan, Rasgullas in Kolkata, Vada Pav and Modak in Maharashtra, Jharkhand Is there similar adulteration in Til Barfi, Pinni in Punjab?
Surprisingly, adulteration in these different sweets has been proven not once but many times in all these cities. However, our country’s food safety infrastructure is weak and unable to prevent such adulteration. Milk, curd, ghee, sweets, vegetables, fruits, oil, spices, salt, sugar, tea, flour and even pulses are adulterated in our country. We are not saying this, but the government itself has accepted this adulteration.
American university study draws surprising revelations
In India, farmers use more than 4 billion kilograms of pesticides or insecticides on green vegetables and crops every year, which can cause serious diseases like cancer. A study conducted by Stanford University in the United States took many food samples from 17 cities in India. During the investigation, dangerous levels of metals and other substances were found in 14% of the samples, and these substances are banned in many countries. is a ban. In this case, it is important to consider that the Indian agency responsible for food safety has no information about this adulteration, while an American university has stated that food in India is being adulterated indiscriminately.
The Indian government itself said that of the 100,000 72 samples tested in 2022, more than 44,000 of them were found to be adulterated, meaning that one in four products in India today is adulterated. It is adulteration of food. In addition to this, our food safety inspection system is very weak and our country does not have such infrastructure for the government to inspect the purity of food.
How to give FSSAI approval to a company offering adulterated ghee?
Today, if it is decided to collect ghee samples from 5,000 dairies across 10 states and conduct testing, our government will not be able to do the job because we do not have a systematic infrastructure in the country to conduct testing. And this can also be learned from the Tirupati temple incident. In this case, a dairy company in Tamil Nadu, which was blacklisted by the Andhra Pradesh government and raised questions about the quality of its ghee, got certification from the FSSAI and now a certificate has also been issued to the company Show cause notice, but the big question is, how did a company selling a kilogram of ghee to a Tirupati temple for Rs 320 get sanctioned by the FSSAI? The name of the company is AR DAIRY FOOD PRIVATE LIMITED.
Let us tell you that in Hinduism and Vedas, ghee is considered to be liquid gold and also has a place in Panchgavya. Panchgavya is the five products obtained from cows and includes ghee in addition to milk, curd, cow urine and dung. It is mentioned in different religious texts that the material of havan is in the form of prasad which is offered at the feet of the gods through fire. Pure desi ghee is used in temples for various purposes from offerings to prasad and havan but it is surprising how big a deal it is if ghee which is believed to be pure and worship God is adulterated betrayal.
Is the butter in the family temple adulterated?
This kind of ghee is also available in the market now. It is not used for consumption but is used only for puja and havan. These ghee are sold at Rs 300 to 400 per kg. While real ghee is made from 25 liters of milk, which costs over Rs 1,000. So think about it, is the ghee sold for Rs 300-400 per kg genuine or is it made from animal fat? But people worship God with this fake ghee and that’s why we say time and time again that this matter is not just a Tirupati temple issue. Rather, it is a question for every family and every temple.
