FSSAI asks States to curb use of illegal ripening agents, synthetic coatings on fruitsFSSAI has directed states to intensify inspections to curb the illegal use of ripening agents like calcium carbide and synthetic coatings o...
FSSAI warns traders, FBOs not to use prohibited calcium carbide for artificial ripening of fruitsIn a statement, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said it has already prohibited the use of calcium carbide also known a...
Is your Alphonso safe to eat?A media report quoted doctors warning about “dizziness, headache, skin burning, allergy, vomiting and diarrhoea, to name a few” which could...
Keventer sets up two new banana ripening centresMost of the bananas, available in the local markets, are ripened either with Calcium Carbide or Ethephon, which are very harmful for health...