Mon, Dec 16, 2013, 8:50 PM
SRINAGAR — In a shocking disclosure, Srinagar Municipal
Corporation Monday asked people to refrain from using Kanwal Saunf powder which
has been found to contain harmful colouring agents which can even cause cancer.
The spice brand is manufactured by M/S Kanwal Agro Food
Industries based in south Kashmir’s Islamabad and owned by Farooq Amin, whose
son Farooq Amin is the present president and CEO of the company.
SMC Health Officer Dr Shafqat Khan said that the corporation
lifted a sample of Kanwal Saunf powder manufactured by M/S Kanwal Agro Food
Industries Anantnag from the market (Lot No. KA/SP/E-Pkg dated 04/06/20130 for
analysis at Central Food laboratory Kolkata.
“It turned out that the powder contained colouring agents
like Carmoisine and Tartrazine which can cause serious health hazards including
cancer,” Mr Khan said.
“General public is cautioned to refrain from use of the
above mentioned food item immediately. The company has been directed to
withdraw all stocks of said food items from the market,” a statement issued by
SMC warned.
Scientific studies have found both Carmoisine and Tartrazine
to cause cancer in humans and both the chemicals have been banned in almost all
the developed countries. However, the third world countries continue to use
these chemicals as a cost-cutting measure.
Kanwal Agro Food Industries is the leading spice
manufacturer in Kashmir with an annual turnover of Rs 100 crore which supplies
spices to nearly 30 countries across the globe.
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