August 3, 2016
Md Nadimul Haque speaks during Zero Hour on adulteration of food
Sir, main aaj ek bahut zaroori subject par baat karna chah raha hoon: adulteration in food. Sir, pehle sabzi ghee mein banti thi. Ab toh aisa ho gaya ki ghee bhi sabzi se banti hain.
Abhi Puja, Dussehra aur Diwali aane wali hain, Jaise hi teohar ka mausam aata hain, jitni mithaiyan hain, sab banna start ho jati hain. Lekin jitni mithaiyan ban rahi hain, uske andar jo ingredients ja rahe hain, us sab mein adulteration hain, Sir. Abhi doodh mein dekhiye, urea se doodh banaya ja raha hain ki mithai me usko lagaya ja sakey.
Ab kisi bhi market mein aap chale jaiyen, toh wahan par jahan par mithai banti hain, sabke haath agar dekhiyega, sab alag alag rang ke hain, jaise lag rahe hain ki Holi ho gayi hain. Kisi ka blue hain, peela hain, sab mithayi mein rang milaya ja raha hain. Aur yeh rang jo hote hain yeh bahut achhe standards ke nahin hote, aur isse aage jakar ke maulik vimari bhi. Sir, abhi TV par dikhaya tha, ki ek drum hain, usme kachhe kela ko dubaya jata aur jab nikala jata doosre din toh pak jata hai.
Toh, Sir, yeh kya ho raha hain? Main bolna chahta hoon ki cigarette mein aap warning dete hain, ki cigarette peene se yeh yeh beemari hoti hain. Toh yeh sab khane par kyon nahin hain? Har khane par bhi de dijiye. Ki wahan par kele par ki mithaiyon par ya iss par bhi, yeh sab khane par aap ko cancer ya aur bimari ho sakti hain.
Sir, healthy people will lead to a healthy nation. Jab nation healthy hogitoh jaise Olympic mein sab hamara contingent gaya hain toh medal bhi jeet ke aayenge.
Sir, one very important issue I want to raise is that of the brand called Maggi. It was recently banned by many States for various reasons, Sir. But only the State of West Bengal gave it a clean chit after examining it. Later on this ban was lifted. Sir, isme jo sabak humko sikhna hain, is that we need to be strict but we should not go on a witch-hunt and genuine manufacturers should not be harassed.
As per the Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2014-15, Sir, 17% of the samples tested were adulterated; and it is an increase of 2 to 3% over the previous year. Whereas the conviction rate has gone down – from 3001 in ’75 it has gone down to 1445. Sir, fines collected by the FSSAI has doubled.
