Cut it open - Soft outside but pale, rubbery, or bland inside? That's your red flag. Natural mangoes ripen slowly and evenly, allowing natural sugars and thick pulp to develop fully also the reason ...

Hyderabad: Raising serious health concerns, many experts have cautioned that long-term use of calcium carbide to ripen fruits ...

Artificially ripened mangoes, often treated with harmful chemicals like calcium carbide, flood markets to meet early season ...

There is no foolproof way to identify artificially ripened mangoes unless you do a lab test. Though some say they float on ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned marketers of industrial and ...