Bengaluru: Maintaining that reports on plastic rice, eggs and sugar are false, experts at the University of Agriculture Sciences (UAS) here have said that the people need not panic over the issue.
Samples of rice which were said to be ‘adulterated’ with a mix of ‘plastic rice’ was sent to the UAS for testing. The samples underwent seven rounds of test, including chemical tests and it was found that they did not contain any such thing as ‘plastic rice’, according to the experts who also said that the nutrition content in these samples of rice was in accordance with the standards set by the National Institute of Nutrition.
