January 01: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has prohibited food industry to use non-food grade colour on pulses for coloring it under the Punjab Pure Food Regulations 2017 here on Monday.
PFA Director General Noor ul Amin Mengal said that PFA has directed to food-business related people for not using non-food grade colour in the preparation of food especially for coloring lentils and roasted grains (chanay). He said that according to regulations food industry could only use food grade colour.
He said that colored essential commodities effects on consumer healthy and make a cause of cancer, ulcer and other diseases. PFA will collect roasted grains, pulses and other essential commodities from market by following blind-sampling method throughout the province.
Mengal said that strict action will be taken against responsible according to law added that he requested citizens to stop the use of those food items in which non food grade colour have been used.