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Health is the first priority of every human being and healthy body dwells with healthy mind. Many types of articles and programs related to health awareness are attracting millions of people. People have become health conscious nowadays. A substance which is found with other substances and make them unfit to use for other purposes known as adulterants, the process of addition of adulterants is known as adulteration [77–83]. So, food adulteration is a major issue to concentrate, for better and healthy life. When people consume adulterated food items, it adversely affects their health, i.e., it affects vital biological system which includes digestive system and nervous system in the human body. Moreover, to increase the yield of agricultural products, some hazardous chemicals which were banned due to their toxicity were used which resulted in many problems related to hormonal imbalance among children, increase in the usage of pesticides and preservatives has increased infection problems in skin, livers, kidneys, and eyes. Majority of consumers those who consume outside food is unhygienic which cause various health problems. Many farmers use harmful chemicals for growing crops by injecting them with such chemicals like oxytocin which is a human hormone, which is sometimes used by farmers for growing crop overnight as it speeds their growth. Many drugs are banned by the government but still they are sold by the chemists. Even the milk which we drink is adulterated, even if we are consuming products made from milk, they are adulterated and have adverse effect on our body.