'Plastic rice' seized from Tripura shops

  • | Monday | 19th June, 2017

I made a rice ball, threw it and found that it bounced back," said a habitant of Manughat, Sukumar Sarkar. AGARTALA: The Dhalai district administration in North Tripura on Sunday launched investigation into the sale of 'plastic rice', a synthetic invention allegedly entering Indian markets from China. Officials of the food and civil supplies department later confiscated 600 kg raw rice from a nearby market. Because of its low cost, it is being allegedly sold at hotels.A large quantity of cooked rice, perceived to be 'bouncy', was seized from a hotel near the BDO office in Manughat on Saturday night. "I found the rice was acting funny, almost like a chewing gum.

AGARTALA: The Dhalai district administration in North Tripura on Sunday launched investigation into the sale of 'plastic rice', a synthetic invention allegedly entering Indian markets from China. Because of its low cost, it is being allegedly sold at hotels.A large quantity of cooked rice, perceived to be 'bouncy', was seized from a hotel near the BDO office in Manughat on Saturday night. Officials of the food and civil supplies department later confiscated 600 kg raw rice from a nearby market."I found the rice was acting funny, almost like a chewing gum. I made a rice ball, threw it and found that it bounced back," said a habitant of Manughat, Sukumar Sarkar.

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