The national food safety authority has issued strict compliance advisories to state regulators following extensive laboratory surveys detecting non-permitted dyes such as Rhodamine-B, lead chromate, and Sudan red in loose spice samples.
Regulatory Mandates Introduced:
- Mandatory batch chromatography testing for all commercial spice processing mills.
- Stringent ban on unbranded bulk sales of ground spices without traceable QR-code labeling.
- Immediate suspension of manufacturing licenses for brands failing heavy metal testing benchmarks.
Medical oncologists emphasize that industrial dye residues represent serious cumulative risks for gastrointestinal and renal cellular damage.
