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| Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:56 PM PDT It is not often that tonnes of mangoes are crushed under a bulldozer and on Saturday, the Mormugao Municipal garbage yard at Headland Sada was filled with the golden liquid. Officials of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) destroyed nearly 12.5 tonnes of artificially ripened mangoes that were seized from three different storehouses at Khariwado shore, Vasco, around three days ago. A bulldozer crushes the artificially ripened mangoes at the Mormugao Municipal garbage yard at Headland, Sada. Two truckloads of Neelam class mangoes were dumped at Mormugao Municipal garbage yard at Headland, Sada, and were later crushed under the wheels of a bulldozer. After obtaining an order from Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), the FDA crushed the mangoes that were declared unfit for human consumption. Following a media expose regarding the artificial ripening of mangoes by using calcium carbide, a hazardous chemical, the deputy collector along with Vasco police jointly raided the three storehouses on June 16 and detained three fruit merchants. Besides mangoes, the FDA had also seized about 6 kg of calcium carbide and arrested three fruit merchants Mohammed Rafiq, Abdul Whab and Riyaz Ahmad under Prevention of Food and Adulteration Act. They were later released on bail. The FDA food inspectors who were present when the mangoes were crushed included Rajaram Patil, Rajiv Korde, Shivdas Naik and Shailesh Shenvi. Courtesy: Herald |
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