States told to intensify inspections at fruit markets, mandis and storage units to curb use of calcium carbide and other banned chemicals India’s food safety regulator, the Food Safety and Standards ...

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed States to crack down on the practice of artificially ripening fruits by using non-permitted chemicals. In its order, FSSAI ...

NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Tuesday urged all states and Union Territories to intensify inspections and carry out special enforcement drives to curb the ...

Nothing says summer quite like a perfectly ripe mango. However, many mangoes are harvested before they fully mature, leaving ...

Food safety officials seized nearly 100 kg of mangoes allegedly ripened using the banned chemical calcium carbide during an ...

Did our AI summary help? Food regulator FSSAI on Thursday asked state food commissioners to intensify inspections in fruit markets and godowns to curb the use of prohibited artificial ripening agents ...

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered strict enforcement across states to intensify action against illegal fruit ripening agents, reiterating that the use of calcium ...

Calcium carbide, commonly referred to as "masala", has been historically misused to artificially ripen fruits such as mangoes, bananas and papayas. Read Time: 3 min As seasonal fruits begin to flood ...

Hyderabad: As mangoes flood markets this season, health experts and officials are raising concerns over the unsafe ripening practices that make the fruit look ripe — but can be dangerous to ...

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has served notices on a total of 26 traders in Coimbatore for violations in the artificial ripening of mangoes this year. Food Safety Officers ...