Question

Your grandmother has purchased 1litre vegetable oil from a local vendor. Name any one adulterant which may be present in it. Also write its harmful effect on human body. Describe the two rules which she should follow while buying any food product from the market.

Answer 1

Argemone oil is used as an adulterant in mustard oil.

It has been studies that even a small consumption of mustard oil mixed with Argemone oil can cause a condition known as Epidemic dropsy

These are the two things one should follow while buying nay food product from the market:  

- Check the label of the manufacturers  

- Read the ingredients carefully