Eat Right India Campaign in Mumbai
‘Swasth Bharat Yatra,’ BDAI
organised ‘Prabhat Pheri” to make people aware about Repurpose Used Cooking Oil
for health benefits and producing clean Biodiesel
Mumbai, November
12,2018: Expressing concern over health hazards resulting from Used Cooking
Oil (UCO), Biodiesel Association of India (BDAI) urged people to eat safe
and healthy by discarding harmful used cooking oil(UCO) and better allow it to
be used for making clean automotive fuel- Biodiesel. To create awareness, the
Association, partnering with ‘Eat Right India’ drive under the ‘Swasth Bharat
Yatra’ awareness campaign being run by Food Safety and Standards Authority of
India (FSSAI). To make
people aware about Repurpose Used Cooking Oil (RUCO) which focuses on creating
an ecosystem for
collection and conversion of used cooking oil to create biodiesel.
According
to Mr Sandeep Chaturvedi, President,
BDAI, “total national vegetable oil consumption is 22.7Mn tons and Consumption
of fried foods especially during festivals is very common in our country. We
are seldom aware of the quality vegetable oil used in our fried foods.
Generally, foods business operators do not use the same oil more than three
times in order to maintain the taste and quality of their product.” But the UCO
disposal remains a grey area and sometimes it finds way back into our food
chain.
Famous Marathi Actress Ms Varsha Usgaonkar, Commissioner Food Safety, Maharashtra: Ms Pallavi Darade. After acknowledging the efforts of all involved who made Swasth Bharat Yatra in Mumbai a mass movement, rally was flagged off by Chief Guests. Approx 100 persons participated in cyclothon. Participants were from all sectors including local public, NCC Cadets, industry participation, Govt Officials (both from FDA and FSSAI, WR). Great energy and enthusiasm throughout the route. “UCO
is a major health hazard and its toxicity causes several diseases. Under the
new Biofuels Policy of 2018 UCO will be converted into clean fuel, thereby
assuring health and sustainable green fuel for energy security. The country
will leverage several socio-economic benefits. The state FDA’s will have to
play key role of Education and Enforcement,” he added.
According to heart experts (Dr KK Aggarwal, MD
Heart Care Foundation of India), reuse of cooking oil can be dangerous
to the health, it can cause arterial inflammation, it can cause heart attack,
blood pressure, paralysis, Alzheimer’s disease and continued use can also cause
food allergy. Emphasising
on safe food practices and disposal of UCO to produce biodiesel, Mr Chaturvedi said, “BDAI has been
closely associated with the initiative taken by the and the FSSAI under the Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare, GOI to create nationwide awareness.
Recently,
we have launched the RUCO Software Application which will ensure complete
trace ability of the UCO discharge till its conversion into Biodiesel.
1st en route Stopover and Activation: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Approx Participants: 200
2nd en route Stopover: Dahisar Naka, Mira bayandar, Chief Guest: Commissioner, Municipal Corp.
Final Stopover: Royal Garden Resort (near Vasai)
The Association
has assured the Oil marketing companies to provide 2.2Mn Kilo Litres of
Biodiesel till 2022. Over the years,
the Biodiesel industry has strongly been advocating regulatory and policy
clarity on the use of UCO for biodiesel production. https://bdia.org.in
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