Follwing HC order, fruit markets raided. .
Hyderabad High Court had ordered the officials of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to conduct checks on the major fruit markets. The officials are directed to take the fruit samples and submit them in the lab. A report accordingly is to be submitted by August 19.
Taking in note of the public health, in a view to prohibit the usage of chemicals such as calcium carbonate which are used are by farmers to ripen fruits artificially.
The division of bench comprised of Chief Justice Dilip B Bhosale and Justice S V Bhatt issued the order by taking a suo motu case based on a news report published in a vernacular daily. The news had images that revealed the use of chemicals such as carbide for ripening fruits that was an offence under Section 44 of the Food Products (Prevention of Adulteration) Act, 1955.
The bench had asked the authorities who included chief secretary and principal secretary of medical and health department in AP state and the district collectors of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts to inform their subordinates who are concerned and asked them not to wait for the orders but start the inspections at the fruit markets of Gaddiannaram, Jambagh, Mozamjahi and Darulshifa in Telangana and the major fruit market yards at Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati in AP.
The court asked the officers to collect the samples of carbide and fruits possessed by each vendor and send them for the lab tests.
Hyderabad High Court had ordered the officials of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to conduct checks on the major fruit markets. The officials are directed to take the fruit samples and submit them in the lab. A report accordingly is to be submitted by August 19.
Taking in note of the public health, in a view to prohibit the usage of chemicals such as calcium carbonate which are used are by farmers to ripen fruits artificially.
The division of bench comprised of Chief Justice Dilip B Bhosale and Justice S V Bhatt issued the order by taking a suo motu case based on a news report published in a vernacular daily. The news had images that revealed the use of chemicals such as carbide for ripening fruits that was an offence under Section 44 of the Food Products (Prevention of Adulteration) Act, 1955.
The bench had asked the authorities who included chief secretary and principal secretary of medical and health department in AP state and the district collectors of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts to inform their subordinates who are concerned and asked them not to wait for the orders but start the inspections at the fruit markets of Gaddiannaram, Jambagh, Mozamjahi and Darulshifa in Telangana and the major fruit market yards at Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati in AP.
The court asked the officers to collect the samples of carbide and fruits possessed by each vendor and send them for the lab tests.
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