Bananas ripen naturally with ethylene, developing flavor and texture. Artificial methods use chemicals like calcium carbide, speeding up th...

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...

Indore administration has banned dangerous carbide toy guns after 31 individuals, mostly children, suffered serious eye injuries during Diw...

Diwali celebrations saw over 300 people sustain eye injuries. Carbide guns, used to scare animals, were fired during festivities. Most inju...

Following the sinking of a Liberian vessel off the Kerala coast carrying hazardous cargo, a thin oil spill has been detected. Rough sea con...

An oil spill occurred off the Kerala coast after a container ship sank. The Indian Coast Guard is working to contain the spill. The ship wa...

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

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...

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

Nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate was stored at Beirut's port for six years that detonated in August 2020, wreaking death and destructi...

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...

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...