After cotton candy ban, lens now on coloury sweets
safefoodmitra.com · 2024-02-26 09:50:44
CHENNAI: After the recent ban on cotton candy in Tamil Nadu, the State Food Safety Department is now keeping an eye on food colours and sweet colouring agents to check for the presence of adulterants, toxic elements and overuse of permitted edible colours.
While the presence of adulterants is a very common concern in the food industry, the food safety department is conducting inspections at food manufacturing units to seize adulterated edible food colours. The overuse of permitted food colours can lead to food poisoning, diarrhoea and other illnesses.
“The edible and permitted food colours are very often not used in permitted quantities and that can be harmful to our health. There is a permitted quantity for all the food colours used. Most of the time, we have noticed this being done in sweets. We are inspecting the sweet manufacturing units and shops to keep a tab on the quantity of permitted food colours, “ said Designated Food Safety Officer Dr P Satheesh Kumar.