Plastic Rice Rumours

Rumours of plastic rice being sold in Cuttack on Thursday triggered panic among some residents in the city, local administration officials said. A similar rumour was also reported from Odisha's Nuapada district last week, officials said.

Trashing reports about availability of "plastic" rice and "synthetic" eggs in the market as "mere rumours", Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said no such case has been reported so far in the state.

After the news of fake eggs being sold at a Kolkata market triggered panic across the country, now the news of plastic rice being sold at some grocery outlets in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana has taken the internet by storm. Consumption of plastic rice is dangerous for health and can even lead to deadly diseases like cancer and birth defects. While ...

Rumours of plastic rice being sold in Cuttack on Thursday triggered panic among some residents in the city, local administration officials said. A similar rumour was also reported from Odisha's Nuapada district last week, officials said.

Trashing reports about availability of "plastic" rice and "synthetic" eggs in the market as "mere rumours", Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said no such case has been reported so far in the state.

After the news of fake eggs being sold at a Kolkata market triggered panic across the country, now the news of plastic rice being sold at some grocery outlets in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana has taken the internet by storm. Consumption of plastic rice is dangerous for health and can even lead to deadly diseases like cancer and birth defects. While ...