Haldwani: In the name of taste, companies are playing with the lives of people as samples from noted spice making companies in Uttarakhand have tested adverse and found containing heavy metals in the National Food Laboratory (NFL), sources said.
Officials in the Uttarakhand Food Safety Department said that samples of many noted companies making spices in Kumaon division of Uttarakhand have failed in NFL adding heavy metals and pesticides have been found in the spice samples taken for testing. After the samples of the companies failed, the department has started further action as per officials.
Anuj Thapliyal, Deputy Commissioner of Uttarakhand Food Safety Department, said that recently samples of 40 companies manufacturing spices in all six districts of Kumaon division were taken for testing. In the investigation, 14 samples were found unsafe, Thapliyal said. In the investigation, heavy metals and pesticides were found to be used in spices, he added. The Deputy Commissioner of Uttarakhand Food Safety Department said the companies whose samples did not pass the test were given a chance to appeal after which the samples were again sent to the National Food Laboratory Ghaziabad.