28. Synthetic food colours which may be used- No synthetic food colours or a mixture thereof except the following shall be used in food:
| S. No. | Colour | Common Name (1956) | Colour index | Chemical Glass |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| 1. | Red | Ponceu 4R Carmoisine Erythrosine | 16255 14720 45430 | Azo Azo Xanthene |
| 2. | Yellow | Tartrazine Sunset yellow FCF | 19140 15985 | Pyrazolone Azo |
| 3. | Blue | Indigo Carmine Brilliant Blue FCF | 73015 42090 | Indigoid Triarylmethane |
| 4. | Green | Fast green FCF | 42053 | Triarylmethane |
The above are the food colors permitted by Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1955 and the subsequent amendments of the Act. Addition of these colors are permitted in only specified type of food articles and some food articles are never permitted for any color to be added. All of them are synthetic and coal tar based and hence known as Coalatar Dyes. There are many parallel colors for these, available in the mmarket which are much cheaper in price and a good percentage of food manufacturing companies go after them. All of the coal tars are known to be potential carcinogens and hence even the use of "permitted" colors are to be used in the prescribed limit only
I am a retired Professor of Chemistry experienced in the analysis of food articles and during my service and after retirement I have been summoned by various Courts in Kerala , to offer expert opinion in deciding cases of PFA violation filed before the court. I have made around 800 appearances in courts for this purpose
My deductions arrived at from my experience are the following
1. Only 10 % of the cases charged by the Food Inspection Authorities reach the court. Others are settled using money/political influence, at various levels starting from the Food Inspector to the Analytical Lab
2. Cases Charged against Big Sharks again escape punishment using the same power mentioned above
3. One % of the victims who are punished are ill-fated "little flies" , the people who sell the product, ignorant of law and the quality of product they sell and get from Big Sharks.
Nandakumar
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Ad revenue is more important for media barons than health of citizens, hence their silence.
It is the press which give publicity to fly by night operators who cheat the gullible public, all these
tall claims made by different business groups are propped up by press who are not accountable
to any one! I wish Anna hazare or some one like him, raise their voice against the unscrupulous
press and other media as well and hold them accountable too.
Sasi J. Alex
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Sent: Thursday, 29 December 2011 12:30 PM
Subject: [www.keralites.net] Re: ഈസ്റ്റേണ് മുളകുപൊടിയില് മാരകവിഷം......
Shame on the media. if this news is true i feel pity on the media. why dont they publish this news in the t.v. chanels & in the newspaper. why are you playing with the life of the people. Again iam telling that "IF" this news is true Peoplle all over the WORLD must BANNED OR BOYCOT all the products of EASTERN . I appeal to all the peoples all over the world be careful with this type of products which is not FIT for the HEALTH of the peoples.
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Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] Re: ഈസ്റ്റേണ് മുളകുപൊടിയില് മാരകവിഷം......
Ad revenue is more important for media barons than health of citizens, hence their silence.
It is the press which give publicity to fly by night operators who cheat the gullible public, all these
tall claims made by different business groups are propped up by press who are not accountable
to any one! I wish Anna hazare or some one like him, raise their voice against the unscrupulous
press and other media as well and hold them accountable too.
Sasi J. Alex
________________________________
From: KK MATHEW <kkmathew.kkmathew@gmail.com>
To: Keralites@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 29 December 2011 12:30 PM
Subject: [www.keralites.net] Re: ഈസ്റ്റേണ് മുളകുപൊടിയില് മാരകവിഷം......
Shame on the media. if this news is true i feel pity on the media. why dont they publish this news in the t.v. chanels & in the newspaper. why are you playing with the life of the people. Again iam telling that "IF" this news is true Peoplle all over the WORLD must BANNED OR BOYCOT all the products of EASTERN . I appeal to all the peoples all over the world be careful with this type of products which is not FIT for the HEALTH of the peoples.
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