FSSAI to check presence of antibiotics in eggs

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked regional offices to collect egg samples for testing to check the presence of nitrofurans in eggs, reports ANI. Nitrofurans are antibiotics banned in food-producing animals, yet their residues may still be found in eggs due to illegal use.
A controversy was ignited after reports on the quality of eggs distributed by Eggoz, with regard to the alleged presence of nitorfurans, surfaced.
According to the sources, “The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked regional offices to collect samples of branded and unbranded eggs to send samples for testing at Ten Laboratories across the country to check the presence of nitrofurans.”
Dr Vivek Jain, Senior Director and Unit Head of Paediatrics at Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, said, “In children, consumption of eggs contaminated with nitrofurans can be harmful because these chemicals are linked to potential toxic, carcinogenic, and genotoxic effects”.