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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Centre faces cover-up charge over iron rice given to poor, kids -Animesh Bisoee and GS Mudur

Centre faces cover-up charge over iron rice given to poor, kids -Animesh Bisoee and GS Mudur

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published Published on Aug 23, 2022   modified Modified on Aug 23, 2022

-The Telegraph

'Shocking that govt is trying to evade responsibility by issuing circulars that call on state governments to comply with FSSAI regulations'

Jamshedpur, New Delhi: Two citizens’ alliances on Monday accused the Centre of trying to “cover up” what they have described as its “irresponsible” and “unscientific” decision to release iron-fortified rice through government food schemes and exposing vulnerable people to the potential health risks of iron overdose.

The Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) and the Alliance for Holistic and Sustainable Agriculture (ASHA) said two central ministries had asked the states through “circulars” to comply with food safety regulations that require certain vulnerable sections of the population to be warned against consuming iron-fortified food.

“These circulars are a desperate attempt by the Government of India to cover up an unscientific one-size-fits-all approach to anaemia in the country,” the RTFC and ASHA said in a joint statement.

The Union food and public distribution department had in 2019-20 initiated an iron-fortified rice scheme that was initially rolled out in six states — Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh — and then extended to other states.

The iron-fortified rice is distributed among poor households through the public distribution system and also made available to children through the midday meal programmes and Anganwadis, or community childcare centres.

The expanded scheme had disregarded a research note last year from a team of 18 experts in health economics, nutrition and paediatrics that called for “extreme caution” against mandatory fortification as it could expose vulnerable sections of the population to iron overdose.

The RTFC and ASHA had in May this year, after a survey in Jharkhand, expressed concern that the fortified rice, while intended to address high levels of anaemia, might also reach people with blood disorders such as thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia.

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The Telegraph, 23 August, 2022, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/centre-faces-cover-up-charge-over-iron-rice-given-to-poor-and-kids/cid/1881832


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