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India continues to face recurring episodes of chemical adulteration in food, particularly through the use of non-permitted synthetic dyes. One of the most persistent among them is auramine O, a bright yellow industrial dye banned under Indian food-safety regulations .

Recent inspections by state food-safety departments, academic studies and even everyday observations such as unnaturally bright yellow chickpeas sold in public have again uncovered its presence in sweets and savoury items. This concern is not new, India has dealt with multiple waves of dye-related adulteration for nearly four decades, from metanil yellow in turmeric, rhodamine B in cotton candy and curry masala, Sudan dyes added to spices, Argemone oil mixed with mustard oil, calcium carbide used to r

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