Sanjay Singh, the food inspector from Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh who nailed Maggi noodles for containing excess lead, may not have heard the Larry Groce song Junk Food Junkie, which highlighted the danger of packaged foods causing slow death in America, but he does know that the Rs 10,000-crore ‘industrial diet’ market which is growing at a rapid pace of 30-40 per cent annually is slowly poisoning India’s children. A report of the Public Health Foundation of India reveals that diseases due to unhealthy foods and changing lifestyles account for nearly 60 per cent of deaths in the country. After liberalisation, India opened its doors to multinational food companies such as Kellogg’s, Pringles, Pepsi Cola, McDonald’s, Domino’s Pizza and Pizza Hut, Kraft Cheese and Aquafina, which are selling products that may have toxic ingredients............Read more

Source: New Indian Express