Bright yellow bananas may look picture-perfect on store shelves, but not all of them have ripened naturally. In a race to speed up sales and reduce losses, some vendors are reportedly forcing bananas ...

The last few weeks have seen health conscious online fanatics dig in on the scum that is artificially ripened bananas after it emerged that some bananas sold in Kenya are treated with calcium carbide ...

NAFDAC explained that only welders are permitted to use calcium carbide for tasks such as melting iron and not sold to fruit vendors. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ...