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Maximum Residual Levels of pesticides in fruits, veggies as per FSSR, 2011
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Monday, 27 July, 2015, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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fiogf49gjkf0d The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has fixed safety standards under the ‘Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011, as amended from time to time. The Maximum Residual Levels (MRLs) of pesticides in fruits and vegetables have been specified in these standards. Presence of pesticide residues beyond these levels in fruits and vegetables is treated as a violation of the standards laid down under the said regulations, which attracts action as per provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act. Subregulations 2.3.6 provide that fresh fruits and vegetables should be free from rotting and free from coating of waxes, mineral oil and colours with the provision that fresh fruits may be coated with bees wax (white and yellow) or carnauba wax or shellac wax at levels not exceeding Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) under proper label declaration. This was stated by health minister J P Nadda in a written reply in Lok Sabha recently.
Pesticides can adversely affect the nervous system and also cause several diseases such as cancer and those relating to liver, kidney, and lungs.
The information made available by the state/UT governments in respect of food samples collected, tested, found not conforming to the prescribed standards, and action taken against the violation of FSS Act, Rules and Regulations thereunder, during last three years is indicated below:
Annual Laboratory Testing Report in States/UTs for the year 2012-13 | Sr. No. | Name of the
State/U.T. | No. of Samples
analysed | No. of Samples
found
adulterated
and misbranded | No. of Cases
Launched
Criminal/ Civil | No. of Conviction
/ Penalties | 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 1511 | 429 | 286 | Rs. 55,000 | 2 | A and N Islands | 133 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 198 | 11 | 11 | 2/Rs. 3,100 | 4 | Assam | 306 | 58 | 31 | 16/Rs. 2,45,000 | 5 | Bihar | 1407 | 371 | 249 | 0 | 6 | Chandigarh | 183 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Chhattisgarh | 353 | 142 | 111 | 45/ Rs. 11,84,000 | | Dadra and N.H. | - | - | - | 0 | 9 | Daman and Diu (Gujarat) | 44 | 4 | - | 2 | 10 | Delhi | 1383 | 145 | 50 | 62 | 11 | Goa | 610 | 31 | 14 | 1/Rs. 20,000 | 12 | Gujarat | 11047 | 881 | 46 | 7/Rs. 97,500 | 13 | Haryana | 1562 | 255 | 131 | 0 | 14 | Himachal Pradesh | 274 | 44 | 53 | 24 | 15 | Jammu & Kashmir | 2224 | 610 | 488 | 288/Rs. 28,52,050 | 16 | Jharkhand | - | - | - | 0 | 17 | Karnataka | 3118 | 172 | 29 | 85 | 18 | Kerala | 12 | 3 | 0 | Rs. 1,63,280 | 19 | Lakshadweep | - | - | - | - | 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 8101 | 2043 | 1183 | 844 | 21 | Maharashtra | 7800 | 757 | 114 | 228/Rs. 82,99,485 | 22 | Manipur | 165 | 2 | - | 0 | 23 | Meghalaya | 14 | 1 | - | - | 24 | Mizoram | - | - | - | - | 25 | Nagaland | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | Orissa | 1871 | 418 | 0 | 0 | 27 | Puducherry | - | - | - | - | 28 | Punjab | 4782 | 553 | 304 | 92 | 29 | Rajasthan | 10236 | 186 | - | 295 | 30 | Sikkim | - | - | | - | 31 | Tamil Nadu | 474 | 78 | 48 | 2 | 32 | Tripura | - | - | - | - | 33 | Uttar Pradesh | 11086 | 2927 | 2551 | 1010/Rs. 3,70,96,600 | 34 | Uttarakhand | 964 | 186 | 134 | 55/Rs. 22,44,001 | 35 | West Bengal | 91 | 41 | - | - | | Total: | 69949 | 10380 | 5840 | 3175/ Rs 5,24,95,016 |
Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report (2013-2014) | Sr. No. | Name of the
State/U.T. | Total No.
of samples
taken | No. of
samples analysed | No. of
samples
found
adulterated
and
misbranded | No. of
Cases
Launched | No. of
Convictions/ Penalties | Criminal | Civil | Convictions | Penalties/
Amount raised
in Rupees | 1. | A & N Islands | 1 | 1 | | Nil | Nil | Nil | 18/ Rs. 14,500 | 2. | Andhra Pradesh | 4038 | 4038 | 716 | 417 | 200 | | Rs. 39,94,385 | 3. | Arunachal Pradesh | 213 | 213 | 9 | 1 | 8 | | 9/Rs. 6,33,000 | 4. | Assam | 435 | 435 | 53 | 26 | Nil | Nil | 5. | Bihar | 1189 | 1103 | 121 | 19 | 71 | Nil | 14/ Rs. 2,26,000 | 6. | Chandigarh | 146 | 146 | 9 | 5 | 6 | Nil | 3 | 7. | Chhattisgarh | 294 | 294 | 112 | | 56 | Nil | 7/ Rs. 3,49,000 | 8. | Dadra & N.H. | 6 | 6 | 3 | Nil | 3 | 3/ Rs. 35,000 | Nil | 9. | Daman & Diu | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10. | Delhi | 1187 | 1187 | 118 | | 69 | NA | Rs. 15,73,000 | 11. | Goa | 704 | 696 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 2 | Rs. 27,000 | 12. | Gujarat | 11111 | 10495 | 900 | 56 | 341 | 16 | 12/ Rs. 1,90,000 | 13. | Haryana | 2101 | 2101 | 293 | 37 | 223 | 37 | 129/ Rs.26,61,800 | 14. | Himachal Pradesh | 236 | 157 | 129 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 7/ Rs 7,00,000 | 15. | Jammu & Kashmir | 3109 | 2851 | 682 | 15 | 526 | 353 | Rs. 2,76,600 | 16. | Jharkhand | 1075 | 725 | 144 | 99 | | 8 | Rs 22,07,000 | 17. | Karnataka | 2224 | 2153 | 133 | 59 | | 3 | 72 | 18. | Kerala | 682 | 664 | 138 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 810/ Rs. 55,35,000 | 19. | Lakshadweep | | | | | | | | 20. | Madhya Pradesh | 4743 | 4599 | 1433 | 233 | 603 | 3 | 133/ Rs. 29,32,000 | 21. | Maharashtra | 7677 | 7516 | 1523 | 1172 | 1385 | 49 | 17/Rs. 41,76,500 | 22. | Manipur | | | | | | | | 23. | Meghalaya | 17 | 14 | 7 | | 6 | | | 24. | Mizoram | No lab | | | | | | | 25. | Nagaland | 66 | 66 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26. | Orissa | | | | | | | | 27. | Puducherry | 4741 | 4741 | 319 | | | | | 28. | Punjab | 6227 | 5884 | 771 | 203 | | 3 | 77 | 29. | Rajasthan | 6375 | 6375 | 1160 | | 436 | | 112/ Rs.15,50,000 | 30. | Sikkim | | | | | | | | 31. | Tamil Nadu | 707 | 658 | 261 | 8 | 40 | 16 | Rs. 6,59,800 | 32. | Tripura | | | | | | | | 33. | Uttar Pradesh | 11579 | 13554 | 4275 | 2930 | 409 | 1510/ Rs.4,47,84, 400 | 34. | Uttarakhand | 1503 | 851 | 169 | 5 | 117 | | Rs. 5,06,489 | 35. | West Bengal | | | | | | | | | Total: | 72,994 | 72,200 | 13,571 | 3105 | 7130 | 913 | 2932/ Rs 7,29,89,474 |
Annual Public Laboratory Testing Report for the year 2014-2015 | Sr. No. | Name of the
State/ U.T. | Total No.
of samples
taken | No. of
samples
analysed | No. of samples
found
adulterated
and/ or misbranded | No. of Cases
Launched | No. of Convictions
/ Penalties | Criminal | Civil | Convictions | Penalties
/
Amount raised
in Rupees | 1. | A and N Islands | 17 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14/Rs.4,55,000 | 2. | Andhra Pradesh | 2788 | 2788 | 290 | 338 | 78 | 0 | Rs.51,63,020 | 3. | Arunachal Pradesh | 292 | 258 | 29 | 2 | 14 | | 7 | 4. | Assam* | 327 | 327 | 37 | 12 | | 4 | Rs. 70,000 | 5. | Bihar | 1763 | 1320 | 7 | | 16 | | 5/ Rs. 38,000 | 6. | Chandigarh | 102 | 102 | 5 | 5 | | | Rs. 1,50,000 | 7. | Chhattisgarh | 133 | 133 | 27 | 14 | 41 | | 16 | 8. | Dadra and N.H | 9 | 2 | | | | | | 9. | Daman and Diu | 65 | 65 | 3 | | 3 | | 3/ Rs.30,000 | 10. | Delhi | | 1480 | 148 | | | | | 11. | Goa | 798 | 800 | 81 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Rs. 4,35,000 | 12. | Gujarat* | 5638 | 5471 | 522 | 41 | 47 | 26 | Rs.20,93,500 | 13. | Haryana* | 989 | 989 | 105 | 08 | 114 | 6 | Rs.1,500 | 14. | Himachal Pradesh * | 218 | 132 | 31 | 24 | 28 | 25 | Rs.22,93,000 | 15. | Jammu and Kashmir* | 1397 | 1211 | 236 | 8 | 195 | 133 | Rs.11,08,300 | 16. | Jharkhand* | 389 | 232 | 51 | 22 | 3 | | | 17. | Karnataka | 2154 | 2110 | 311 | 56 | | | 42 | 18. | Kerala | 3085 | 2735 | 464 | 41 | 161 | 0 | 280/ Rs.72,39,700 | 19. | Lakshadweep | | | | | | | | 20. | Madhya Pradesh | 9532 | 9131 | 1412 | 127 | 716 | 418 | 418/ Rs.43,28,000 | 21. | Maharashtra | 8663 | 6985 | 1162 | 869 | 1426 | 75 | Rs.1,65,41,499 | 22. | Manipur | | | | | | | | 23. | Meghalaya | 47 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1/ Rs.10,000 | 24. | Mizoram | | | | | | | | 25. | Nagaland | 83 | 83 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26. | Odisha | 544 | 544 | 112 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 27. | Puducherry* | 972 | 972 | 30 | | 1 | | | 28. | Punjab* | 4124 | 3949 | 577 | 220 | | 161 | 24 | 29. | Rajasthan* | 3132 | 3031 | 747 | 158 | 222 | 116 | Rs.8,45,500 | 30. | Sikkim | | | | | | | | 31. | Tamil Nadu | 2939 | 2873 | 1047 | 64 | 486 | 203 | Rs.34,99,700 | 32. | Telangana | 393 | 357 | 37 | | 87 | | 51/ Rs.17,57,100 | 33. | Tripura | 933 | 933 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34. | Uttar Pradesh | 14173 | 9605 | 4119 | 161 | 3489 | 186 | 1738/ Rs.5,98,08,106 | 35. | Uttarakhand | 1971 | 1356 | 233 | 5 | 117 | 0 | 80/Rs.5,06,489 | 36. | West Bengal | 120 | 120 | 65 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1/Rs. 30,000 | | Total: | 68197 | 60548 | 12077 | 1989 | 7241 | 1355 | 2682/
Rs.10,64,03,414 | | | | | | | | | |
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* Data up to 30.09.2014
The implementation and enforcement of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, primarily rests with the state/ UT governments. The officials of food safety departments of the respective states/ UTs collect random samples to ensure compliance with laid down standards. FSSAI interacts with the state food safety commissioners on such issues from time to time including in the meetings of the Central Advisory Committee.
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