How to keep bananas fresh for weeks without turning blackBananas ripen quickly due to ethylene gas. Simple tricks can slow this process. Wrapping stems in foil or plastic helps. Keep bananas away ...
22 Apr, 2026, 11.52 AM IST
Chirag Paswan flags spice export quality issues, says rejections are “disheartening and embarrassing”Union Minister Paswan highlighted spices’ historic role in India’s trade and their vast untapped potential beyond culinary use.
17 Apr, 2026, 04.51 PM IST
L&T dispatches ethylene oxide reactors to ChinaInfrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said it has dispatched the world's heaviest ethylene oxide reactors -- a crucial co...
22 May, 2024, 01.17 PM IST
Retailers cut stocks of impacted spice brands like MDH and EverestAbout a third (32%) of retailers are limiting stocks of MDH and Everest branded packaged spices alleged to have contaminants exceeding perm...
21 May, 2024, 09.10 AM IST
Nepal returns to locally manufactured spices after govt bans Indian spicesNepali consumers are increasingly turning to locally manufactured and packaged spices following the ban on Indian spices due to high levels...
19 May, 2024, 11.25 AM IST
Nepal follows HK and Singapore, bans India’s Everest and MDH spicesNepal’s Department of Food Technology and Quality reported that the ban is due to the suspicion of ethylene oxide contamination. The banned...
18 May, 2024, 07.25 PM IST
After Singapore and Hong Kong, Nepal bans 'Everest, MDH Masala' brandNepal's Department of Food Technology and Quality Control has prohibited the import, sale, and consumption of two Indian spice brands, Ever...
18 May, 2024, 02.26 PM IST
Extra control measures in place for Indian spices, says UK watchdogDismissing reports of any additional steps taken recently, the country's food watchdog noted that it has an early warning system (EWS) in p...
16 May, 2024, 10.28 PM IST
After pesticide, MDH now faces heat for Salmonella contamination. Here's what it isThe US reportedly rejected nearly a third of Mahashian Di Hatti Pvt Ltd (MDH) shipments since October 2023 due to salmonella. This doubled ...
29 Apr, 2024, 12.00 PM IST
Everest refutes reports of ban in Singapore, Hong Kong over cancer-causing ingredientEverest has denied reports of a ban on its products in Singapore and Hong Kong. The Indian government has ordered the collection of spice s...
22 Apr, 2024, 10.35 PM IST
Spices Board examining Singapore, Hong Kong ban on few MDH & Everest products on quality concernSpices Board of India probes Hong Kong and Singapore's ban on MDH and Everest products containing 'ethylene oxide' pesticide, leading to re...
22 Apr, 2024, 06.16 PM IST
Here's why Hong Kong and Singapore have announced a recall of MDH and Everest productsHong Kong and Singapore have recalled popular Indian spice products from MDH and Everest due to the presence of carcinogenic ethylene oxide...
21 Apr, 2024, 07.01 PM IST
Beware, this ingredient in your fish curry spice may cause cancer!In a public announcement, the Singapore Food Agency clarified that ethylene oxide is not intended for direct use in food but rather employe...
19 Apr, 2024, 06.40 PM IST
Everest's Fish Curry Masala recalled in Singapore for having pesticide 'beyond limit'Singapore orders recall of Everest's Fish Curry Masala due to ethylene oxide pesticide levels exceeding limits. The Singapore Food Agency d...
19 Apr, 2024, 02.37 PM IST
High Court relief for J&J, can restart production at Mulund factoryFDA had ordered shut down of the plant for not treating a batch of talcum powder for ethylene oxide residue in 2007.
19 Sep, 2013, 09.39 PM IST
HC reserves order on J&J plea to reopen talcum powder unitThe Bombay High Court has reserved its order on a plea by Johnson & Johnson seeking reopening of its baby talcum powder plant in suburban M...
03 Aug, 2013, 03.21 PM IST
MNCs like Johnson & Johnson's should stop treating Indians as guinea pigs: FDA lawyerFood and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday told the Bombay High Court that multinational companies shouldn't treat Indians as "guinea pig...
26 Jul, 2013, 07.52 PM IST