These days, adulteration is being done in many food items sold in the market. If you consume these adulterated food items. In such a situation, you may have to face many health-related problems. Many things like milk, ghee, pulses, flour, etc. are being adulterated these days. Most of us consume rice regularly. Do you know that these days adulteration is being done in rice also? In the past years, many cases of rice made from plastic being sold in the market have come to light. If you consume this rice made of plastic. In such a situation, many serious diseases can trouble you. In this series, today we are going to tell you about some special methods with the help of which you can identify adulterated rice.
To identify adulterated rice sold in the market, you will have to take a glass of water. After taking water, you have to add one spoonful of raw rice in it. After doing this you have to shake it for some time.
If after doing this the rice is seen floating on the water. In this situation, there is a big possibility that your rice has been adulterated.
You can detect adulteration in rice by taking the help of a lighter. For this, you have to burn some grains of rice. If rice smells like plastic while burning it.
In this case, the rice you bought is made of plastic. You can also check its authenticity with the help of hot oil. In this, you have to put rice in hot oil. If the rice is made from plastic. In such a situation it will melt and stick to the bottom of the vessel.
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