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3 3. In everyday lives, we consume vegetables and fruits which are produced on the fields which are irrigated by sewage water, which contain factory waste, human feces, detergents, and high amount of toxic heavy metals, e.g., Pb and As, which causes damage to liver and kidney, and may also cause cancer.

4 4. Red color dust is substituted in chili powder for increasing the quantity, PbCrO4 and metanil yellow is substituted in turmeric and it depreciates human health adversely.

5 5. Salt and sugar are biased with calcium carbonate, like this only urea is mixed in brown rice.

The main objective of the food law is to provide safe, healthy, and nutritious food, to the citizens. The first ever food adulteration act was given in 1947 which was Vegetable Oil Products Order. This order was for control and improving the quality of vegetable oils which was further replaced by Edible Oil Products (Regulation), 1998. An organized manner was set up within the organization for production, transportation, and selling of goods. Many companies came into loss after the implementation of this act [78, 82, 87]. The head of these edible oil manufacturing company has the rights to form proper safety measures so that there should not be any fault and it is fit for consumption purpose, and set of rules should be set. (Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954). It includes food quality, usual method of sampling, analysis of nutrients, powers of governing officials, proper punishments for fraudsters, those include additives, coloring, preservatives, labeling, packing stopping, and monitoring the sales, and another act was The Fruit Products Order (1955). This act is important and looks after the goods which are used daily; therefore, it comes under such section only. The main purpose of this is to look after the production vegetables and fruits, its hygiene, and control in the area of production only to as to maintain the quality of the goods and it comes under this act. All the producers of such products which make other products by using these as primary products should get a certified permit so that they can produce within the vigilance government (The Meat Food Products Order, 1973). Meat products are permitted and looked after during the production of complete meat products and enforcement of strict policies of government at every step of analysis, and it is to be kept in mind that during the storage, it should be frozen completely. In MFPO, various producers of meat products are engaged in producing, storing, and labeling, and the permit should be kept while selling the goods such as in restaurants and hotel (The Solvent Extracted Oil, De Oiled, and Edible Flour Order, 1967). All the oils should be refined before selling it to the consumers, and it should be labeling before selling. It should be mentioned fit at the time of sell. The following are its features: