Srinagar, Aug. 9 -- The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has issued a public notice warning against the use of prohibited synthetic food colours in prepared (ready-to-eat) foods, including Wazwan dishes, biryani, pickles, and other meat-based preparations.

The presence of such colours poses a serious risk to public health, officials said on Friday.

According to the public notice, recent analytical reports of the National Food Laboratory, Ghaziabad, reveal that certain food samples of prepared food viz. Kabab, Biryani, Pickles, and Chicken Tikka, have been found unsafe due to the presence of synthetic food colours, like Carmoisine, Tartrazine, and Erythrosine.

It stated that "in terms of Regulation 3.1.2 and Appendix A of the Food Safety...