India, July 4 -- LUCKNOW In a breakthrough for food safety and quality assurance, researchers at the CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) have developed a model capable of instantly verifying the authenticity of herbs and spices.

By combining high-tech chemical scanning technology with advanced machine learning, the newly developed system can detect the adulteration of food essentials with other ingredients in under a minute.

CH Ratnashekhar, one of the key scientists on the research, underscored that the research has been conducted on herbs and spices like basil, turmeric and ashwagandha.

"Herbs and spices like basil, turmeric and ashwagandha are used for their medicinal properties. They are an expanding marke...