Indian Spices: The Indian spice controversy that started last month shows no signs of abating. Now New Zealand is also involved in this dispute. According to reports, New Zealand has also started investigating the presence of dangerous chemicals in the products of Indian masala brands after bans in many countries.
New Zealand’s food safety regulator on Wednesday announced to start testing various products of Indian masala brands, according to a Reuters report. The report quoted a statement from New Zealand Food Safety as saying that the regulator is aware of the ban imposed on various products of Indian spice brands in several countries.
New Zealand has also launched an investigation
< Regulators say this chemical, called ethylene oxide, causes cancer in humans. Its use in food sterilization has been discontinued in New Zealand and many countries. As MDH and Everest spices are also sold in the New Zealand market, we are investigating this matter. A big spice brand. Controversy has been going on since various products of both the brands were revealed to contain the dangerous chemical ethylene oxide which is responsible for cancer. First, Hong Kong decided to ban many products citing the presence of chemicals. After that many MDH and Everest products were discontinued in Singapore and Maldives as well. Before New Zealand, food safety regulators in the US and Australia have also started investigating both brands of spices. Facing action. Domestic food safety regulator FSSAI has started inspection of various spices has given The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has collected more than 1,500 samples of spices across the country. All spice samples are currently being tested. The government says that if the samples fail the test, the licenses of the products of the companies concerned may be revoked.
