Why Chinese Garlic Should Banned In India Fassai Demand Tamil Nadu | China's deadly garlic is still being sold in Tamil Nadu .. FSSAI alerts the state government, will CM Stalin take action?

Chinese Garlic: Food Safety Regulatory Agency FSSAI has received complaints about the sale of banned Chinese garlic in Chennai markets and has directed the Tamil Nadu government to investigate the matter. The countrymen got this news through Parliament. In fact, amidst the Parliament session, the Central Government gave this important information in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The import of Chinese garlic has been banned since September 2005, when India found fungal embellisia Elie and Eurocytis sepule in this product.

Stalin government will take action on the demand of government department?

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Agriculture Ramnath Thakur said that the Central Board of Customs (CBIC) and Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have seized 546 tonnes during 2023-24 and 507 tonnes of sugar garlic during 2023-24 and 507 tonnes of sugar garlic during 2024-25.

He said that apart from this, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has also received a complaint about the sale of Chinese garlic in Chennai markets. FSSAI has directed the Tamil Nadu Food Safety Department for monitoring and inspection activities.

He said that under the Department of Agriculture, all plant Quantine stations have been instructed to take necessary measures to prevent the import of banned Chinese garlic in the country. Now it has to be seen what action the DMK’s Stalin government takes on the demand of Food Safety and Standard Authority of India.

Loss of Chinese garlic and why is it banned in India?

Chinese garlic lacks many beneficial properties. In this, it is made chlorinated to give shiny white color, so that it is completely white and at first sight people like it. According to agriculture experts, Chinese garlic also contains harmful metals like zinc and arsenic, which are a factor of cancer. Eating chlorine and arsenic -rich sugar garlic in children adversely affects health. Apart from this, it also contains the quantity of synthetic, which is very harmful for liver. Therefore, there is a demand to stop its cell completely.

How to identify Chinese garlic illegally in India?

The size of Chinese garlic is usually larger than the size of Indian garlic. The sugar garlic is bright white or pink in color. Chinese garlic is easy to identify, its color, shape, and smell is different from domestic garlic. Rubbing the buds of desi garlic causes a slight sticky sticky on the hands. At the same time, this does not happen in sugar garlic. The biggest thing is that it is cheap, so it is taken advantage of by smuggling it in Indian markets by smuggling the path of Nepal and Bangladesh. (Language)