Indian Items: EU finds 527 Indian products containing cancer-causing chemicals comes as a shock.
The recent ban on Indian products in Hong Kong and Singapore has come as a shock. In other words, it was reported that some spices manufactured and packaged in India were found to contain the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide, and those products were banned.
In this situation, the European Union has released shocking information that 527 products exported from India have been found to contain cancer-causing ethylene oxide. The European Food Safety Authority has conducted testing between September 2020 and April 2024. It has been reported that the chemical Ethylene Oxide has been found in Indian food products.
Accordingly, the presence of the chemical has been found in 313 products like cashew and sesame, 60 herbs and spices, 48 diet foods and 34 other food products. India is mentioned in 332 items.
The rest of the products are listed in other countries. Following this, 87 cargo containers containing food products containing the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide were intercepted at port borders and the rest were removed from markets, according to the European Food Safety Commission.
The discovery of ethylene oxide chemical in Indian products has come as a shock. Ethylene oxide is an insecticide chemical. It is often used to disinfect medical equipment.
These can be used to prevent food items including spices from spoiling quickly It is also said. It is said that if its quantity in food products is high, it will cause many side effects including various types of cancer.
Accordingly, it is noted that if you continue to eat food products containing ethylene oxide, it will cause side effects such as lung damage, coma, respiratory disorder, suffocation, diarrhea, sleep, eye irritation and headache.
