PANCHAVATI: As a part of its action against use of Calcium Carbide for artificial ripening of fruits, Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) raided three fruit companies in the premises of Sharadchandra Pawar Nashik Agricultural Produce Market Committee on Tuesday. The squad seized 7 Kg of Carbide, which was being used to make mangoes ripe artificially, along with 5,764 Kg of mangoes worth around Rs 1.5L. On the backdrop of increased use of the cancer-causing Calcium Carbide to ripen the mangoes at APMC, Nashik, FDA has already conducted such raids here for 2-3 times. But still, the administration is receiving complaints regarding this practice. Therefore, a squad of FDA, led by Joint Commissioner Chandrakant Pawar, including Rajendra Suryawanshi, Amit Raskar, Sandip Deore, B C Ingale, Kumbhojkar and others conducted raids on Tuesday at around 3 pm and took action against three shops here. From Khushi Fruit Company, owned by Kamlesh Gupta, the squad seized 3,748 Kg of mangoes along with 2 Kg of calcium carbide. Whereas, 998 Kg of mangoes were taken in custody along with 2 Kg of calcium carbide from Suraj Fruit Company, shop of Ganesh Girdhari Yadav. Apart from this, the administration further seized 3 Kg of calcium carbide with 1,018 Kg of mangoes from Om Fruit Company in the premises. All in all, 5,764 Kg of mangoes worth around Rs 1.5 lakh were seized during this action. Sources informed that the administration would take action against these shop owners under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 for selling unsecured fruits.
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