Calcium carbide, commonly used for ripening fruits like mangoes, releases acetylene gas, which contains harmful traces of arsenic and phosphorus. Food regulator...
Food regulator FSSAI has warned traders, fruit handlers and food business operators (FBOs) not to use prohibited calcium carbide for artificial ripening...
NEW DELHI : Your neighbourhood sweet shop will now have to declare the ‘best before date’ of non-packaged or loose sweets available in...