Every year, during the summer, a large number of gastroenteritis cases are reported in the city, and non-edible ice is considered one of the reasons for this. Getty images Representation pic

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has got the ministry of food and civil supplies' nod, to allow all inedible ice to be coloured blue, so it can be identified. Cabinet minister for food and civil supplies, Girish Bapat, has approved the long-pending proposal of the FDA for the same.