The Commissioner of Food Safety has issued orders prohibiting the sale of mangoes which have been artificially ripened using calcium carbide across the State.
The ban is applicable to the sale, stocking, and exhibition of mangoes ripened using calcium carbide as well as the importing of such mangoes from neighbouring States.
The ban orders were issued invoking Food Safety and Standards Regulation 2.3.5 and FSSA Section 30.
The State police, Sales Tax, and Motor Vehicles departments have been given strict instructions to examine vehicles bringing mangoes from across the border to ensure that these are not being ripened using calcium carbide.
The public may call the toll-free number 1800 425 1125 if they find artificially ripened mangoes in the market.
