What the law says...

Artificial ripening of fruits using calcium carbide is prohibited as per Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 and Regulations 2011.

The law provides penalty for selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded.

The provision says, “Any person who sells to the purchaser’s prejudice any food which is not in compliance with the provisions of this Act or the regulations made there under, or of the nature or substance or quality demanded by the purchaser, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five lakh.”