Kolkata: Health Department Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Thursday received its own sophisticated food testing laboratory.
Now there will be no more awaiting the presct of the approval of the laboratory approved by the state or center for certificates for cooked food adolescents, raw meat, spices or other daily necessities.
The Chairman of the KMC (BoA) Administrator (BoA) Firhad Judge on Thursday inaugurated a food testing laboratory at the Civic headquarters.
This facility is equipped with equipment that can determine adulteration in all kinds of food ingredients – raw or cooked meat, any fish or vegetables.
The laboratory will also have the capacity to test pesticides in soft drinks, said the KMC health department official.
The need to update the KMC-managed food testing laboratory was first aired last year after the controversy of pesticides in soft drinks produced by class I soft drinks.
Soft drinks collected from the company and sent to the laboratory managed by the central government proved the products produced by the company Leading has pesticides in it.
In addition, Civic Brass became desperate to establish a sophisticated laboratory when the stale meat controversy shook the city four years ago.
The KMC food inspector has found adulteration in meat samples collected from city restaurants, some of which are companies that have a good reputation.
“Until now, we can only check raw food ingredients, such as rice, pulses, spices, and some other items.
But the new and improved laboratory will be able to check all kinds of raw and cooked food items,” said an official department KMC health.
According to a KMC official who works in Civic’s body food cells, a new laboratory is established as part of cell modernization.
“We have recruited some food inspectors in the past two years.
We have asked them to collect food samples from the city wholesale market, hotels and restaurants as much as they can.
Now, with the modern laboratory we have, we will be able to fight for food counterfeiting In an organized manner, “said an official at the KMC Health Department.