Food adulteration

Amidst rising concerns over food adulteration, here are four DIY tests to detect impurities in salt, sugar, and jaggery at home.

Recently, 3,000 kg of adulterated ghee was seized in Gujarat. Here are five ways to find the purity of the ghee at your home.

Artificial colours in turmeric powder, papaya seeds in pepper -- spices in our kitchen could be adulterated. Here's how to ensure food safety at home.

The market has been flooded with adulterated 'paneer' over the past few years, becoming a cause of concern. Here are a few simple tricks to check the authenticity of cottage cheese.

If watermelons look riper and redder, not necessarily they are safe to consume. Here are some tips and tricks to pick right watermelons.

Fairer Foods, a Chandigarh-based venture started by Cambridge University Law degree holder Meher Kairon, supplies freshly-harvested spices that are free of all additives. They claim their spices contain no food coloring, preservatives, fillers or anticaking agents.

Built by NIIT alumni, these two devices can not only ensure that you eat safe, they can also help curb food wastage —crucial for a country where 67 million tonnes of food is wasted every year!

The petition also draws attention to the tests conducted at the Pesticide Residue Research Analytical Laboratory of Kerala Agricultural University at Vellayani, in which almost 86 per cent of red chilli powder samples were found to contain ethion.

A total of 100 draft amendments to the existing Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act has been proposed by the national regulator to clampdown adulteration.

Anyone can get suspicious food products tested at FSSAI laboratories, and they will even be reimbursed for the cost of the testing if any adulteration is detected.