Health department yet to test fish sample

SHILLONG: Health and Family Welfare department so far has not received any official complaint about the presence of formalin content in the fishes which are being imported in the state.
Talking to media persons here recently, AL Hek said that the department has not conducted any inquiry since there is no official complaint about the presence of formalin content in the fishes.
He however said that the Government will look into the matter since it is concerned about the health of the people even as he added that the same fishes are imported to Assam as well as Meghalaya from Andhra Pradesh and other states.
Recently, Assam government had banned import and sale of fish from Andhra Pradesh and other states for a period of 10 days after cancer-causing chemical formalin content was found in the imported fish. Formalin, a cancer-inducing chemical which is used to keep dead fish fresh, was detected in fish being sold in markets areas of Guwahati.
The presence of formalin content in the fish came to notice after the Assam health department carried out a laboratory test.