The Hindu Business Line : ISMA decries Pak sugar body's charges

THE Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has expressed surprise over the repeated statements of the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) questioning the quality of Indian sugar particularly the sulphur dioxide content. The ISMA Director General, Mr S.L Jain, said the charge was unfounded and baseless.

Even as the Pakistan Government had allowed sugar imports from India, almost on a daily basis, one statement or another was being issued by the PSMA denigrating Indian sugar on spacious grounds, said an ISMA release.

The Pakistan Government being gravely concerned with the rapid increase in price of sugar has been making efforts to ensure quicker import of white sugar. In this process, its public sector bodies like the Trading Corporation of Pakistan have also been drafted to import sugar to tame the rising prices.

Most processed food stuff of daily consumption contain remnants of sulphur dioxide. The International Codex Alimentarious Commission, of which Pakistan is a member, has prescribed maximum level of sulphur dioxide for various items. For plantation white sugar, the limit prescribed is 70 mg per kg.

As against this in case of Indian sugar, the presence of sulphur dioxide has been found to be much lower varying between 15 to 20 mg per kg, which compares favourably with the internationally prescribed limit, said ISMA.

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