Karnataka Food Safety Dept finds cancer-causing agents in 12 samples of cakes in State
Bengaluru: In a concerning development, the Karnataka Food Safety and Quality Department has identified carcinogenic ingredients in 12 out of 235 cake samples tested across the state.
Popular varieties, including red velvet and black forest cakes, are often made with vibrant colouring agents that pose significant health risks. The tests revealed the presence of artificial colours such as Allura Red, Sunset Yellow FCF, Ponceau 4R, Tartrazine, and Carmoisine in the 12 samples, beyond the prescribed limits.
Srinivas K., Food Safety Commissioner, has warned bakeries across the state against the use of harmful chemicals and colouring agents in cakes.
The department has highlighted that these artificial colours not only increase cancer risks but may also harm mental and physical health.
Strict action will be taken against those who fail to comply with the food safety and quality standards regulations.
Earlier this year, the Karnataka government imposed a ban on the use of harmful colouring agents, which are commonly found in food items like cotton candy, gobi manchurian, kebabs, and pani puri sauces.
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Police inspector suspended over 'involvement' in honour killing in Andhra's' Palnadu dt
Macherla (Andhra Pradesh) (PTI): A police inspector was suspended on Sunday over his alleged involvement in an alleged honour killing of a woman in a village under Macherla in Palnadu district, a senior police official said.
According to police, the woman, identified as Chowdeshwaramma, was in a relationship with Nagaraj, both belonging to the same community, and had eloped earlier.
"A police inspector was suspended following allegations of involvement in an honour killing case, including suspected monetary transactions with the victim's family," the official told PTI.
Police said the couple had approached the police station after eloping, where the woman's parents assured that they would conduct her marriage with Nagaraj, following which she returned home.
However, after a few days, when the family allegedly did not show interest in conducting the marriage, the woman expressed her intention to go back with the man again, he said.
Subsequently, she was found dead, with the family initially claiming that she died by hanging and filing a complaint accordingly.
The postmortem report later revealed that the woman was murdered by strangulation, contradicting the family's claim, police said.
Allegations later surfaced that the inspector had taken money from the woman's father and was involved in handing her back to the family earlier.
Based on these allegations and failure to take proper action in the case, the inspector was placed under suspension, said the official.
The woman's death is reported to have occurred on March 18, police said.
Meanwhile, police have registered a case under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and relevant sections may be altered during the course of investigation, he added.
