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'ETO isn't added by any chance but it is permitted fumigant being used worldwide, that's why limits are specified...there are many recalls across the world...': Food Safety Expert, Dr Sanjay Indani

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'Ethylene Oxide'

#pesticide & group 1 #Carcinogen found in popular Indian #Masala brands abroad

:Details by Ms Rinku Ghosh & Anonna Dutt
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#EthyleneOxide #Chemical #Fumigant
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Source: IE

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'Coming to the science of ethylene oxide, it isn't used as a pesticide. Tt's used as a fumigant to sterilize the spices & many other products...': Food Safety Expert, Dr Sanjay Indani

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Olam Fumigation Company provides pest control services, specifically:

1. Fumigation: They seal a structure or area and fill it with a gas or fumigant to kill pests, such as insects, rodents, and other unwanted organisms.

Ethylene classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International agency as it causes cancer, serious health risks including breast cancer.

Ethylene Oxide is a colourless and flammable gas that is commonly used as a pesticide, sterilant and fumigant

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While manufacturers often use ethylene oxide as a fumigant and a germicide to extend the shelf life of products, India’s #foodsafety regulator does not permit its use.

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The chemical in question is ethylene oxide (EtO), a fumigant used to protect dry foods like spices, pulses, grains, etc. from bacterial damage. EU banned EtO in 1991; the US has not banned it.

🚨. Ethylene Oxide as a pesticide residue(earlier as a fumigant)
Used to produce other chemicals, including antifreeze.
Flammable colorless gas with a sweet odour.
Also used as a sterilizing agent.
Classified as a carcinogenic and mutagenic.
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Què representa que és l'aigua aquesta que cau del cel, ens estan fumigant?

In 2023, The European Commission had classified ethylene oxide as carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic for reproduction (previously it was classified as a fumigant).

At room temperature, ethylene oxide is a flammable colourless gas with a sweet odour.

In smaller amounts, ethylene…

Sahana Singh cfs.gov.hk/english/press/…

Ethylene oxide is a food fumigant that prevents microbial contamination, including bacteria, virus, and fungi. When used in permissible limits, it can aid in preventing the spread of foodborne illnesses and also give dried foods a longer shelf life.

Sahana Singh In the USA, EtO use in foods is allowed, but regulated. In India, the FSSAI prohibits its use in any food product. In the EU, the use of ethylene oxide as a food fumigant has been banned since 1991. In 2023, the EU termed the EtO a “pesticide residue” instead of “fumigant”.

नम्रता Ethylene oxide is not a pesticide. It's a fumigant gas used to sterilize spices from microbes & fungi. Sure we have a pesticide problem as well but this is 100% on the companies & FSSAI. There are other methods globally followed to sterilize spices but these companies chose this.

Bullzeye 🎯⚡️ I actually looked thru that helpless thread of his and his gotcha moment that's supposed to explain away mathematical impossibilities, Zyklon being a common fumigant to stop the spread of typhus, Red Cross inspections pass or a maternity ward is that higher officers had a pool 🫠

btv el temps ‼️No crec…, estan fumigant a sac

Dhruv Rathee Ethylene oxide is a fumigant that inhibits microbial growth on dried foods; used properly, it can prevent disastrous foodborne illness outbreaks

John Harrington Hërr Gordon DBL0AG ✈️ 9mmSMG You’d think the meticulous Germans would use one of their much more effective gasses if their intent was to harm.

I concur Zyclon B was used for a fumigant, not a war crime.

Barrufet del temps Si, plourà a bots i barrals, fa dies que no passen avions fumigant. 😂

Dithane M 45 (fungicide) 50 g

Basamid fumigant (nematicide) 10 g

Wood ash 200 g

Water 10 L

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