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  Calcium carbide for fruit ripening can pose serious health hazards, warns FSSAI

  Health | May 20, 2024, 12:12 PM IST

  The use of calcium carbide for fruit ripening poses serious health hazards and has no place in our food system. The FSSAI's warning should serve as a wake-up call for us to take action and bring about a positive change in the way our fruits are ripened.

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  VMC seizes, destroys 2000 kg mangoes

  India | May 22, 2014, 11:08 AM IST

  New Delhi: For the first time in the mango season, Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has cracked down upon vendors selling mangoes ripened using calcium carbide. Packets of calcium carbide were also recovered during the raids.The