Demands for warning on synthetic ice-creams

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Food and Safety Commissioner Biju Prabhakar has called for stringent measures against the sale of synthetic ice-creams.In a press note issued here on Sunday, the Commissioner pointed out that the sale of synthetic ice-creams made using stabilizing agents has come to the notice of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.The note said that ice-cream must contain 10 per cent milk fat and 3.5 per cent milk protein. The permitted flavour added in the ice-cream for taste and sweetness must be prescribed on the label. The ice-creams which are made using non-permitted stabilizing agents are being sold in front of schools, beaches and parks. The consumption of this ice-cream is  highly dangerous to health.