When the Pal family bought rice from a confectionery, they found a variation in the taste.Purshottam Verma of Udham Singh NagarKashipur had purchased a branded companyrice packet, which turned out to be mixed with plastic rice after cooking.The people who went to wholesale plastic sleeves their house noted that the ball made of plastic rice was bouncing like a rubber ball.The food department has said that an investigation would be done based on the reports of the examination."A team has been constituted and along with officials of food security department and municipal corporation we will conduct raid.The incident was reported to the rice traders.The matter soon reached the district administration and food department. Mishra said.The local traders demand a strict probe into the matter as it concerns the public health. Strict action will be taken," City Magistrate K.Earlier this week, plastic rice was found in the stateHaldwani district. K.The food department collected the cooked and uncooked sample of rice from the Vermahouse for further examination.The matter came to light when a video of children playing with a ball made up of plastic rice went viral.Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand): Yet another case of plastic rice in Uttarakhand has been witnessed. The department also collected rice samples from local markets.Verma and his family made a ball of the plastic rice.