Animal bones to make biscuits crunchier in India?

A raid on a food factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad unearthed mounds of animal bones on Tuesday, officials said, raising fears that the cattle remains were used to adulterate biscuits.

animal.bones.biscuitsSources in the food department suspected that the factory could have been using animal bones as powder or in other forms to make the biscuits “more crispy and tasty.”

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