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| Title : | Diwali 2018: Are you gifting poison? Simple home tests to detect adulterants in sweets and eatables |
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| Source : | Times Now |
| Year : | 2018 |
| Link : | https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/diwali-2018-are-you-gifting-poison-simple-home-tests-to-detect-adulterants-in-sweets-and-eatables/309667 |
| Country : | India |
| Commodity: | PF-Sugar-based confectionery |
| Abstract: | The season of festivities is here and so should be the gifts and sweets. This is also the time when sweet manufacturers resort to immoral practices like adulteration. From starch in khoya to vegetable oil in ghee, this is the season when incidences of food adulteration are at their peak. But before you consume adulterated sweets and become a victim of food poisoning, given below are some simple hacks to test the presence of adulterants at home. |