JAIPUR: You must pay attention to benefits of almonds but ahead of you chunk it, take a careful look at it. Health department officials on Thursday unearthed a processing unit at Vishwakarma Industrial Area (VKI), which was once changing inferior high quality of almonds into good ones by using chemical compounds, almond-shell dust and yellow mud.
Intense cold situation has increased the sale of almonds, which has without delay given upward push to its call for in the market. Cashing in at the expanding call for, a processing unit in VKI was once busy making inferior high quality almonds look good by using chemical compounds when health department’s food protection wing raided it.
“We had been stunned to peer that they had been using paste of almond shell dust, yellow mud and hydro peroxide in the processing unit. Just like plastering outdated partitions by using cement and different construction subject material, the employees on the processing unit had been using paste of inedible yellow mud and almond shell dust to fill the holes in almonds, which were eaten by small mites,” mentioned a health department authentic.
The officials mentioned that they had been using hydro peroxide as bleaching agent for giving inferior high quality almonds a glaze like new ones. “When we raided the unit, they concealed the hydro peroxide. We found it after a seek,” authentic mentioned.
The yellow mud, almond-shell dust and hydro peroxide are inedible and feature critical health implications on kidney and can cause gastro-related issues, they claimed. The processing unit owner bought the inferior high quality almonds from Delhi at the cost of Rs 150 to Rs 200 consistent with kg and offered it in the market at Rs 600 consistent with kg after processing.
The officials mentioned that staff on the unit separated small and big almonds. The broken pieces of inferior high quality almonds had been transformed into smaller pieces by slicing with machines. The slicing of inferior almonds is offered at sweet retail outlets to garnish goodies.
Officials mentioned that if one has to identify whether or not the almonds they're buying is processed using inedible substance, they have got to scratch the almond with their nails and look closely for little holes stuffed with paste of inedible substance. Also, keep the almonds in water for all the night, in the morning, the colour of water turns into yellowish due to yellow mud. The health department officials have collected the samples and despatched it to laboratory for testing.
Intense cold situation has increased the sale of almonds, which has without delay given upward push to its call for in the market. Cashing in at the expanding call for, a processing unit in VKI was once busy making inferior high quality almonds look good by using chemical compounds when health department’s food protection wing raided it.
“We had been stunned to peer that they had been using paste of almond shell dust, yellow mud and hydro peroxide in the processing unit. Just like plastering outdated partitions by using cement and different construction subject material, the employees on the processing unit had been using paste of inedible yellow mud and almond shell dust to fill the holes in almonds, which were eaten by small mites,” mentioned a health department authentic.
The officials mentioned that they had been using hydro peroxide as bleaching agent for giving inferior high quality almonds a glaze like new ones. “When we raided the unit, they concealed the hydro peroxide. We found it after a seek,” authentic mentioned.
The yellow mud, almond-shell dust and hydro peroxide are inedible and feature critical health implications on kidney and can cause gastro-related issues, they claimed. The processing unit owner bought the inferior high quality almonds from Delhi at the cost of Rs 150 to Rs 200 consistent with kg and offered it in the market at Rs 600 consistent with kg after processing.
The officials mentioned that staff on the unit separated small and big almonds. The broken pieces of inferior high quality almonds had been transformed into smaller pieces by slicing with machines. The slicing of inferior almonds is offered at sweet retail outlets to garnish goodies.
Officials mentioned that if one has to identify whether or not the almonds they're buying is processed using inedible substance, they have got to scratch the almond with their nails and look closely for little holes stuffed with paste of inedible substance. Also, keep the almonds in water for all the night, in the morning, the colour of water turns into yellowish due to yellow mud. The health department officials have collected the samples and despatched it to laboratory for testing.
Chemicals, mud used to shine poor quality almonds
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