Nowadays everything available in the market is adulterated. At the top of these are food items. Often during festivals, there are reports of adulteration of fake milk, cheese and sweets. But now chemicals are being used in everyday things also. Recently there has been news from Rewa about cooking tomatoes with chemicals. Here, in a factory, raw green tomatoes were being turned red by immersing them in ethanol chemical. On the other hand, in Mumbai also a video of making fake milk is going viral. Urea, starch and detergent were also being mixed in this milk.

Fake milk-tomato is deadly

Let us tell you that consuming fake milk and vegetables can put our health in harm’s way. Tomatoes containing chemicals are damaging our liver. At the same time, drinking fake milk can cause diseases like cancer to people. Drinking adulterated milk can damage many body parts. In such a situation, the question now arises that how to identify these things correctly? Let us know the easy ways.

How to identify real or fake milk? Adulterated Milk

If a lot of foam is formed when milk is boiled then the milk is fake. If the milk seems sticky after cooling or if there is a strange taste or burning sensation when drinking the milk, then the milk may be adulterated. To identify fake milk at home, you should drop drops of milk on your hands. Adulterated milk does not flow completely, it sticks to your palms.

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This is what a fake tomato looks like

Tomatoes cooked with chemicals are very red and shiny. But they are raw from inside. The stalk of fake tomato is black or dry from above. When pressed, they feel hard and have no fragrance. If you mix these in lukewarm water, the color may come out. At the same time, the real tomatoes are of a mixture of light red and yellow color. Juice drips when they are cut.

Regulations on the sale of counterfeit foods

Under the FSSAI, 2006 Act, strict laws have been made on the sale of adulterated food items. If caught, the accused have to pay a fine ranging from Rs 1000 to Rs 5000. There is also a provision for jail sentence ranging from 6 months to 3 years.