Officials of Food Safety Department conducted raids on the fruit stalls to check the presence of calcium carbide content in the stocks at Kedareswarapeta Wholesale Fruit Market in the city on Monday.
Food Safety Officers from Guntur, Krishna, East and West Godavari districts participated in the raids. They collected samples of Sweet Orange, Banana, Papaya, Grapes and other varieties of fruits, said the officials.
Recently, the Food Safety and Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM) authorities raided on the fruit shops in Kedareswarapet Fruit Market and found that a wholesale merchant was ripening papayas by using calcium carbide. They destroyed the stocks then.
“We suspect that some bananas and papaya stocks were being ripened by using calcium carbide. The seized samples would be sent for laboratory examination,” the Food Safety Officers said.
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