India, Nov. 25 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Monday sought Health Minister JP Nadda's immediate intervention on reports that Auramine, an industrial dye used for textile and leather, is being added to roasted gram and other food products.

In a letter to the health minister as well as the food processing minister, she sought urgent action in the matter to ensure public health safety. "I urge the ministry to issue a national health alert on Auramine contamination. Nationwide testing of roasted chana and related foods to identify contaminated batches and sources. Strict enforcement, including inspections, lab testing, licence cancellation, fines, and imprisonment for violators," she said in her letter to Nadda.

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