Panaji: The directorate of food and drugs administration (FDA) on Friday confiscated 350kg of artificially ripened bananas from the yard of the Mapusa market in a surprise surveillance drive at the Mapusa municipal market.
Fruit wholesaler Jayaram Laximan Naik was found artificially ripening bananas in the yard using the chemical ethepon, a plant growth regulator agent.
The entire consignment of 350kg, worth Rs 18,000, and the bottles of chemical found at the site were seized. Officials from the FDA's food testing laboratory conducted a spot verification of the exposure of residual chemical on the fruit, the results of which were positive. A case has been booked against Naik under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
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