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Major multinational fast food outlets — KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Subway
and McDonald’s — are selling pizzas and burgers made of breads laced
with toxins such as potassium bromate and potassium iodate, says the
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
“Except Domino’s,
others have denied use (of these chemicals) in a response to CSE,” went
its press statement on the study, limited to the geographical area of
Delhi. Domino's did not respond to the CSE queries Potassium bromate is a
Category 2B carcinogen, meaning it can cause cancer. Potassium iodate
could trigger thyroid disorders.
According to a Press Trust of India (PTI) report, the Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India said it had decided to remove potassium
bromate from the list of permitted additives, while it was examining
evidence against potassium iodate before restricting its use.
CSE had urged the food regulator to ban the use of the two chemicals with immediate effect.
Bread products of Perfect Bread, Harvest Gold and Britannia were also found with a high amount of these two toxic breads,
CSE said. Unlike in this country, the use of these chemicals in the
bread-making sector has been banned in many countries for being
hazardous to public health. Read More
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