Are ripened fruits deadly?

Fruit Ripening artificially


We all love eating ripped fruits like bananas and mangoes but are they still safe and healthy that they should be? This becomes a big question when the sellers serve the massive demand of ripe mangoes even if it’s not the season.

carbide mangoes

Fruits ripe naturally due to ethylene, the ripping agent which makes the fruit nutritious and healthy. But nowadays sellers are opting for another way to cater to the increasing demand i.e. the use of calcium carbide (CaC2) as when it comes in contact with moisture, it produces acetylene which acts like that of a ripping agent.

Calcium carbide is very harmful to our health as it contains the traces of arsenic and phosphorous and the acetylene gas may affect our neurological system as well. Consumption of these harmful chemicals may cause poisoning resulting in vomiting, diarrhea, ulcer, eye damage, shortness of breath, and cancer as well which unlocks the real fear.       

carbide mango poisoning news

FSSAI has banned using calcium carbide in foods under the Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Act 1954. The penalty shall be imposed for selling carbide-ripened fruits under the provision of the Food Safety Act 2006.

To be safe, one should not buy fruits when they arrive at the market before their season and also clean them under running water for a minute or so to get rid of chemicals. The fruits must be peeled off before consumption. Artificially ripened fruits can easily be identified by the multicolor or black spots on the skin and by their overly soft texture and less tasty. 

Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 12, 2023 at 1:27 PM

    Thanks for posting and spreading awareness, I think everyone needs to know how some griddy business men are harming common people life just for their sake.

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