Be cautious! The tea you consume from a few shops here
may increase the risk of cancer in you as fabric dye is mixed with tea
powder to give colour.This was found when the
health officials inspected tea shops and recovered the adulterated tea
powder. “As per the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and
Residues) Regulations, 2011, the colour in parts per million (PPM)
should be 10 ppm in dry tea dusts, but the adulterated pack contains
1,950 ppm which is very dangerous to health,” T. Anuradha, District
Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration
Department, told The Hindu.She added that
just to give colour to the tea content these were widely mixed with tea
powder and served to customers. “Consumers are used to ginger tea and
lemon tea. Now in order to attract customers, they add the chemical
substance to the tea and provide colour tea,” Ms. Anuradha added.The
officials said that after inspections were carried out in shops and
adulterated tea dust were found, the traders started to adopt this new
strategy.The officials said that consumers could
differentiate between good tea and the adulterated one. They said that
normal tea dust changed its colour only in hot water while the fabric
dye-mixed tea dust changes colour in cold water.
Source:http://www.thehindu.com
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