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Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people by supriyo-biswas on Saturday November 04, 2023 @05:31AM (#38139402)
> Is this mainly due to greed and corruption?

Greed, since consumers are fooled into believing they're buying a fresher, more yellow product.

The Indian government has a webpage dedicated to detecting adulteration in various kinds of food, including turmeric[1].

[1] https://eatrightindia.gov.in/dart/

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Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people by tety on Saturday November 04, 2023 @06:05AM (#38139563)
This talks about detecting it in whole turmeric, any way of doing so for powdered turmeric?
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Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people by netzego on Saturday November 04, 2023 @07:44AM (#38140143)
It's right there :)

`Test 15 : Detection of artificial colour in turmeric powder`

- [1] https://eatrightindia.gov.in/dart/

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Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people by patja on Saturday November 04, 2023 @02:25PM (#38143764)
So you have to read between the lines and infer that "artificial colour" might be lead? Seems needlessly vague.
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Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people by mdekkers on Sunday November 05, 2023 @02:25AM (#38149071)
Some of those additives are _wild_
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