Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has issued a fresh directive to states to intensify action against the illegal use of artifici...

India's food regulator, FSSAI, has ordered states to crack down on illegal fruit ripening methods, particularly the use of banned calcium c...

Mango Adulteration Alert: With the mango season in full swing, rising cases of mango adulteration in India have sparked serious food safety...

This mango season, knowing how to identify chemically ripened mangoes vs naturally ripened mangoes is essential for safe consumption. The F...

The FSSAI has urged States and UTs to intensify efforts in combating obesity and reducing oil consumption by 10%, emphasizing public awaren...

FSSAI has directed states to intensify inspections to curb the illegal use of ripening agents like calcium carbide and synthetic coatings o...

Craving mangoes but worried about those pesky pimples or painful mouth ulcers? Food science expert Krish Ashok busts the age-old myth that ...

The use of banned chemicals to ripen fruits is prevalent despite penalties and laws. The ball is in the food safety regulator’s court.

FSSAI has urged the Food Safety Departments of States and Union Territories to be vigilant and take stringent action against those violatin...

One mango farmer in Ratnagiri is experimenting with making part of his crop into a fruit wine, in the hope that this value addition might h...

In a statement, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said it has already prohibited the use of calcium carbide also known a...

Mangopoint provides a sustainable integrated value chain for mangoes with single-origin, carbide-free, chemical-free high-quality fresh man...

Summer nostalgia for so many Indians is shot through with memories of shady orchards on hot days and a bucketful of mangoes.

A media report quoted doctors warning about “dizziness, headache, skin burning, allergy, vomiting and diarrhoea, to name a few” which could...

Most of the bananas, available in the local markets, are ripened either with Calcium Carbide or Ethephon, which are very harmful for health...

More than 1000 kg of artificially ripened mangoes worth around Rs 35,000 have been seized by health department officials from vendors at va...

India's Rs.3 billion ($70 million) mango trade is fraught with health hazards due to the get-rich-quick schemes of vendors who artificially...