 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 1: Senior functionaries of "We The Human" a public charitable trust including a number of environmentalists/ food technologists & its office bearers K Y S Manhas (Retd. Principal Secretary Law), Dr. Sadiq Nargal, S. Prem Singh, Ajay Sawhney FCA, Mohinder Kumar Bhagat, Sumil Goyal, Inder Parihar, Mohd. Afzal Baig and Verma addressed a press conference in Press Club Jammu, expressing deep concern over day by day increasing use of poisonous toxic chemicals in Food, milk and milk products by few greedy elements, especially, during on-going festive season. And, worst is the role being played by the enforcement agencies which have adopted indifferent approach and have failed to set up required infrastructural facilities & posting of requisite fully equipped enforcement staff, with food technology backgrounds, on strategic locations including borders of the state with Pakistan, Punjab & Himachal, despite regular monitoring of the J&K High Court since last few years. Food Safety Tribunals are not fully equipped with requisite manpower despite J&K HC directives. Only recently, on 4th June 2018, the High Court directed the State Government to comply with the court directions on curbing the food adulteration menace or face appropriate orders. |
