Ramp up testing of food products, says HC

THE Delhi High Court on Wednesday stressed the need to ramp up testing of food products in the national capital to ascertain their quality, saying the food cycle has become "corrupted" and being the apex body, the FSSAI needs to take steps to ensure that there is enough testing.

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"The FSSAI needs to ramp up testing. It is minimal. What sort of products are we eating? We do not know. Our food cycle has got so corrupted. You are taking no steps. You are living in some ivory tower. You pick up any food product, there is a problem. There is so much pesticide," the bench, comprising Justice Manmeet P S Arora, said. "You must exercise your supervisory powers. You must ensure enough testing takes place. You are the apex body." The counsel for the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said food testing is carried out by the state food safety commissioners. Noting that 25 samples per food safety officer (FSO) per