A recent viral video exposing vendors using banned carcinogenic dye Auramine O to brighten roasted chana prompted Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi to demand nationwide testing and strict action. The WHO-linked cancer-causing industrial chemical, prohibited in food since 2006, is cheaply used by sellers despite known risks of liver, kidney, bladder cancer and neurological damage.
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11:55 am on
30 Nov