Yesterday, All Manipur Fish and Egg Traders Association (AMFETA)
demanded the authenticity of the report of the samples taken by the
food safety department.
All sorts of ice packed fish products were banned after the department
found presence of formalin in few samples of the ice-packed fish. Joint
secretary, AMFETA, A. Sashikumar has urged for clarification on this
sampling. He said, “From where, when and how were the samples
taken by the food safety department.”
He further added that the samples were taken on July 2 when the ban
has already been imposed on June 29. On the other hand, the chief
commissioner of land administration and special chief secretary of
Andhra Pradesh, Anil Chandra Punetha, has clarified to state’s chief
secretary rubbishing the allegations of using formalin as preservative
for long shelf life that it is hazardous to health and is defaming the state
brand in fish business in other states.
The traders said the food safety department has not intimated to the
traders directly besides notification on newspapers.