> >>> RESTORE CONFIDENCE OF >>> PEOPLE ON FORMALIN >>> PRESENCE IN FISH >>> >>> STEPHEN DIAS, Dona Paula, >>> >> Retd NIO-Goa >>> >> mob: 9422443110 >>> >>> >>> The issue of formalin-laced fish which has allegedly been imported from >>> outside the state has shaken the confidence of the people of Goa, for whom >>> the protein rich fish is an every day staple food. The scare that the Food >>> & Drug Administration (FDA) spread by doing probably a qualitative test for >>> aldehydes in general and may be not a quantitative test for formaldehyde >>> has left the people in a dilemma as to whether they should consume fish >>> from other states or not. Though the 15-day ban on import of fish from >>> other states seems to have brought a temporary relief, still apprehensions >>> in the minds of the people about buying fish even after the ban is over on >>> 3rd August will remain if fish is allowed to be imported later. In the >>> intervening period, it would be prudent for the National Institute of >>> Oceanography Goa (NIO) in particular, and the Goa University to conduct >>> tests especially on the purported claim that formalin, which is diluted >>> formaldehyde, is present in fish naturally or not since both these >>> institutions have the relevant sophisticated equipment, high performance >>> liquid chromatography and mass spectro-photometers and other related >>> testing instrument and thus deduce from their findings if formaldehyde >>> which is feared to be carcinogenic in nature is present in fish and to what >>> extent. To be able to restore the confidence of the people in the fish that >>> they are going to eat is of paramount importance after this scare has >>> eroded the people's confidence.I also feel banning of import of fish from >>> other states for short or long period of time is not at all a solution. >>> Goverment must put stop for this and improve facilities to acquire fish >>> catch in our territorial waters within the purview of our local fishermen >>> by providing subsidies through the Fisheries department and monitoring >>> formalin testing in our FDA lab which needs to be upgraded in all respects. >>> >>
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