Northeast India’s Only English and Hindi Satellite News Channel

Food safety department intensifies drive against fruit seller using carbide for ripening fruits

First Published: 8th June, 2018 16:31 IST

The Food Safety department intensifying its drive against chemically ripened fruits carried out it’s latest raid at Guwahati’s Fancy Bazaar. Food Safety officials seized 15 quintals of mangoes which were

The Food Safety department intensifying its drive against chemically ripened fruits carried out it’s latest raid at Guwahati’s Fancy Bazaar. Food Safety officials seized 15 quintals of mangoes which were ripened using toxic calcium carbide.

However, a godown in Maligaon uses traditional method to ripen fruits instead of modern chemical methods. The Food Safety officials confirmed saying that they refrain from using harmful chemicals.

COMMENTS

WE RECOMMEND

Banner
Assam registers 22% drop in road accident fatalities in Jan-Apr, 2024 compared to same period in 2023

The state has seen a drop of 24.16% in January, 13.38 % in February, 24.21% in March and 24,63% in April this year compared to the same period in 2023.

07th May 2024
Banner
LS Polls Phase 3: Joyanta Basumatary will win with a huge margin in Kokrajhar: BTR chief Pramod Boro

Joyanta Basumatary is contesting Lok Sabha elections for the first time.

07th May 2024
Banner
Lok Sabha Polls Phase 3: Voting begins for 4 seats in Assam, over 81 lakh voters to seal fate of 47 candidates

Voting is underway at 9516 polling stations in Guwahati, Dhubri, Kokrajhar and Barpeta Lok Sabha seats

07th May 2024
Banner
Tragic: 2 students suicide cases in a day reported from Assam and Meghalaya

In one case, a student was found hanging in the Shillong Polytechnic women's hostel, in the other case, an NIT Silchar student died by hanging himself

06th May 2024
Banner
Assam: 5 swine flu cases in Barak valley, SMCH Principal urges people not to panic

Significantly, SMCH Principal Bhaskar Gupta said that one case in which a minor girl was infected with the virus was taken away from the hospital against medical advice.

06th May 2024