MP: Reward of 11,000 for information about food adulteration

The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday announced a reward of Rs 11,000 for information about food adulteration.

The district collector would give the reward to anyone who gives information about food adulteration, health minister Tulsi Silavat told reporters here.

"The informant's identity should be kept secret," he said.

The minister had launched a drive against adulteration of milk and manufacturing of products using adulterated milk on July 19.

"We have arrested a man (for adulteration) under the National Security Act on Thursday in Ujjain," he said.

Those who adulterate food products should "leave Madhya Pradesh or be ready to stay behind the bars," he said.

The state government has also started the process of amending the law to provide it more teeth for curbing food adulteration, Silavat said.

Health Department's Principal Secretary Pallavi Jain Govil said Rs 7 crore in fine were recovered from the culprits in food adulteration cases in 2018.

Laboratories would be set up at Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior for detection of adulteration of food products and medicines, she said.

Besides, a network of laboratories certified by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) would be set up, she said.

She also informed that on the lines of Mohalla clinics in Delhi, 25 clinics would be opened in Madhya Pradesh under a pilot project.

These clinics would be called 'Sanjeevani clinics', she said.