Of all the various toxic chemical contaminants in a food, the identification and quantitation of pesticides, heavy metals, metallic micro-nutrients as well as aflatoxins has gained more importance than the earlier determination of physicochemical contents of various foods and in the event of non-observance of statutes related to these contaminants under the PFA Act, 1954 and its Rules, 1955, has considerable bearing on the marketing of food products.
Unfortunately, the analytical procedures followed by the laboratories approved under the PFA Act are not available to those outside these laboratories. To fulfil this need, Shri S.N. Mahindru, has provided these details in a very simple, lucid, practical and authentic way for the benefit of those who are responsible for the manufacture and quality control in food processing industries.
