Tag: Formalin In Fish

Bhubaneswar: Amid reports of presence of cancer-causing Formalin in fishes in Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur, Odisha Health Minister Pratap Jena today urged people not to panic citing that government has not found any traces of the toxin in the samples sent for testing. Briefing media persons Jena said, “After the Fisheries department detected Formalin in fishes; […]

Sambalpur: Traces of cancer inducing chemical formalin were found in fish samples collected from Sambalpur town on Thursday. A joint team of Sambalpur Municipal Corporation and officials of the District Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department while raiding a fish market at Kulutakanhi area conducted an on-spot test on two samples of ‘Khurusia Rohi’ and […]

Bhubaneswar:The crackdown on various fish markets and godowns to detect cancer inducing formalin laced fishes continued at different parts of the state for the third consecutive day today. According to reports, a team of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) raided a godown at Press Chhak in the city and collected samples for examination at the food […]

Sambalpur/Bolangir: After Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, raids were conducted on several fish markets and godowns of Sambalpur and Bolangir town today over presence of cancer-causing Formalin in fishes. Officials of the Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC) collected the samples from various fish markets in the town and sent it for examination. However, the fish mongers asserted that […]

Bhubaneswar: The confirmation that fish stocks in Odisha are laced with deadly cancer-causing ‘Formalin’ has rung alarm bells among fish eaters here who form a majority of the state’s population. Confirming the development, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Secretary Vishal Gagan on Friday stated that, “Traces of cancer-causing Formalin was found in Pomfret fish samples […]

Panaji: The six-month ban on import of fish, due to the scare involving use of formalin to preserve fish being sold in Goa, is a “irritant” to the travel and tourism industry in Goa, said Savio Messias, head of the state’s leading travel and tourism body, on Tuesday. The president of the Travel and Tourism […]

Panaji: Even as the controversy surrounding the use of formalin in fish sold in Goa continues to rage in the coastal state, a senior official of the Goa Cancer Society on Tuesday said eating formalin-laced fish does not cause cancer. Addressing a press conference here, Joint Secretary of the Society Dr. Shekhar Salkar said eating […]

Panaji: Amid the ongoing tussle between the Congress and the ruling BJP-led coalition government in Goa, the formalin-in-fish controversy raised its head again on Saturday, after Congress leaders, armed with testing kits, visited a popular fish market in South Goa and claimed that the fish sold there was still being contaminated with formalin. Reacting to […]