Sunday, 1 January 2012

MGP conducts lecture-demo on food adulteration

Mysore Grahakara Parishat recently conducted a lecture-demonstration on food adulteration detection at the following places: 
Government Higher Primary School, Bhagamandala, Government Higher Primary School, Murnadu, Government High School, Napoklu, Morarji Residential School, Basavanahalli, Government High School, Kodagarahalli, Rotary High School, Kushalanagar, Government Higher Primary School, Hakattur, K.Puttaswamy P.U. College, Vijayanagar, Government High School, Hinkal, Government High School Nizamia, Lashkar Mohalla, Chinmaya Vidyalaya P.U. College, Jayalakshmipuram and Gopalaswamy P.U. College, Nanju Malige. 
Under the direction of C.V. Nagaraj (formerly Senior Chemist, Regional Agmark Laboratory, Bangalore), students themselves conducted simple tests to detect adulteration in various food items. C.V. Nagaraj also spoke about the harmful effects of various types of adulteration and on the laws that exist in India against food adulteration. Prof. S.K. Ananda Thirtha and D.V. Dayanand Sagar assisted.
Associations interested in arranging such lecture-demos can contact C.V.Nagaraj (Ph: 2521640).