Garlic

Garlic (allium sativum) contains sulphur compounds, including diallyl disulfide and S-allyl cysteine, that are responsible for both its distinctive smell and its medicinal effects

Food safety regulator FSSAI has received complaints regarding sale of banned Chinese garlic in Chennai markets and has directed the Tamil Nadu government to look into the matter, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. Import of Chinese garlic has been banned since September 2005 after India found fungus Embellisia alli and Urocytsis cepulae in the product. Minister of State for Agriculture Ram Nath Thakur, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said the Central Board Of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 546 tonne of Chinese garlic during 2023-24, and 507 tonne during 2024-25. Further, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has also received a "complaint regarding sale of Chinese garlic in Chennai markets," he said. FSSAI has directed Tamil Nadu Food Safety Department for monitoring and surveillance activities. All Plant Quarantine Stations under Department of Agriculture have been directed to take necessary measures to .

Retail prices of garlic are in the Rs 180-300 per kg price bracket, depending on the quality of produce in different markets. Wholesale prices, on the other hand, are somewhere between Rs 150-260

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Garlic prices have more than doubled in the last one month to trade currently at Rs 152.50 a kg in Kolkata wholesale mandi

In retail, garlic was selling at Rs 200 a kg in Mumbai on Saturday, up 100 per cent from its price about a month ago

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