Under review

TAKING a cue from the Kentucky Fried
Chicken (KFC) controversy, the government has decided to make changes in
the level of monosodium glutamate
permitted in food. The KFC's Delhi outlet
reopened on December 4, following the
Delhi High Court ruling quashing the
Delhi municipal corporation's order
cancelling its licence.

It was found that the present one
per cent limit allowed under the
Prevention of Food Adul;eration A
(PFA), 1976 (amended) was even lowe
than the natural level found in so
fruits and vegetables. The PFA does not
clarify whether the one per cent level i "M
the amount in addition to that naturaly present or is the total amount found
The Act is being reviewed as it containsgo
many outdated provisions. The PFA doe"
not permit the entry of diet Coke ano
diet Pepsi as they contain a substanc
called aspertin. There is a fee[Z"
among government officials th t th
KFC controversy has adversel affected the inflow of foreign investment.