Darjeeling Tea Industry Urges Quality Checks on Nepal Tea
By Rediff Money Desk, Kolkata Oct 29, 2024 14:25
The Darjeeling Tea Industry (DTA) has called on the Union Commerce ministry to implement stricter quality checks on tea imported from Nepal, citing concerns over cheap and dubious tea entering the Indian market.
Kolkata, Oct 29 (PTI) Darjeeling Tea Industry (DTA) on Tuesday urged the Union Commerce ministry to ensure that tea imported from Nepal is subject to stringent quality checks under FSSAI regulations.
DTA principal advisor Sandeep Mukherjee in a letter to Union Commerce minister Piyush Goyal said that cheap and dubious tea from Nepal is being dumped into India to the detriment of the domestic industry, particularly Darjeeling.
DTA claimed that Nepal tea is being allowed to be imported without mandatory FSSAI checks.
The association said that there is an emergent need to clean up the Indian tea ecosystem.
"To ensure that safe and healthy tea reaches the Indian consumer in accordance with FSSAI regulations, appropriate measures are needed to be adopted to bring imported tea under its regulations", DTA pleaded. PTI dc
DTA principal advisor Sandeep Mukherjee in a letter to Union Commerce minister Piyush Goyal said that cheap and dubious tea from Nepal is being dumped into India to the detriment of the domestic industry, particularly Darjeeling.
DTA claimed that Nepal tea is being allowed to be imported without mandatory FSSAI checks.
The association said that there is an emergent need to clean up the Indian tea ecosystem.
"To ensure that safe and healthy tea reaches the Indian consumer in accordance with FSSAI regulations, appropriate measures are needed to be adopted to bring imported tea under its regulations", DTA pleaded. PTI dc
Source: PTI
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