Stop wrapping food items in newspaper: FDA to vendors

The FDA had issued this diktat back in 2016 but it is being blatantly flouted

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Maharashtra has issued an order, telling food vendors not to wrap any eatables in newspapers while selling them to customers as the ink used for printing is harmful. Directing the vendors to stop giving food items like ‘vada pav', ‘pohe', sweets, bhel and others wrapped in newspapers to customers, the FDA also warned of a strict action if the practice is not stopped.

"While giving a food parcel, the vendors often wrap the items in a newspaper. Since the ink used for printing newspapers is made up of chemicals, offering hot food items like vada pav, pohe, fritters, bhel, bakery products and other such food items in newspapers can be dangerous," the FDA said in a statement on Wednesday night.

"The vendors should stop wrapping the eatable in newspapers immediately or face strict action," it said. FDA Joint Commissioner Shivaji Desai said, "In 2016, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had issued a pan-India advisory, banning newspapers from being used for wrapping food items. But we received complaints that its use is still on."

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