F for food, F for fake: How FSSAI tests adulteration
Times ofIndiaHe grasps two test tubes in his hand, each with a yellow powder at its base, and asks us to look carefully, as he pipettes a few ml of hydrochloric acid in each tube. The first tube turns a murky yellow, the other settles into a uniform band of bright magenta.”The adulterated turmeric turns magenta,” says Srinivas, a food analyst at the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s Combined Food and Drugs lab, situated in a crowded industrial area in Delhi.
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