PUDUCHERRY:A team of sleuths of Food Safety led by Food Safety Officer Dhanraj on Thursday raided the godowns and markets here for mangoes ripened using chemicals. After raid at 24 places, they took samples for testing.
There had been complaints that calcium carbide was being used for ripening the fruits in godowns. The Food Safety team raided the godowns in GB Market, Uzhavar Sandhai. However, no stocks were found and it is suspected that the information on raids got leaked.
The raids would continue for the next two weeks.