The use of calcium carbide for fruit ripening is banned in India. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) ...

The government has issued a warning against using calcium carbide to ripen mangoes due to health risks and legal consequences ...

Hyderabad: With Mango season on and indiscriminate use of carbide to ripen the fruit in the market, the Government has ...

Chittoor district bans calcium carbide for mango ripening due to health risks, urges public to report violations.

With the arrival of mango season, the Telangana Food Safety department on Monday (April 21, 2025) has launched an awareness ...

Calcium carbide is commonly used to artificially ripen mangoes, posing health risks. Learn to spot signs like unnatural color ...

Adulterated watermelons, treated with harmful chemicals like synthetic dyes and calcium carbide, pose health risks. FSSAI's ...

Similarly, mangoes and bananas are placed in ethylene chambers at storage points. Though 100 ppm of ethylene is permissible ...

There is always a lingering doubt whether it is even legal to artificially ripen mangoes and how to identify mangos that have ...