District
Collector V. Dakshinamoorthy has warned of stringent action against those
adulterating sago.
Under
the Food Safety and Standards Act a fine between Rs. 5 lakh and Rs. 10 lakh can
be imposed on adulterers, he said while participating in a meeting organised
for tapioca farmers and owners of sago units here on Wednesday. Officials from
various government department too attended the meeting.
There
were 127 units that manufactured sago from tapioca, of which 10 were defunct.
Following
allegations by farmers during a grievances redress meeting that some of the
units were adulterating sago using low quality materials, a team of officials
inspected 13 factories in the district, he said.
Mr.
Dakshinamoorthy added that a test of samples collected from these units
revealed that nine units have adulterated sago.
Action
has been taken against these units under the Food Safety and Standards Act.
He
asked owners of sago units to give reasonable prices for the tapioca procured
from farmers and maintain quality of sago.
District
Revenue Officer V.R. Subbulakshmi, managing director of SAGO Serve (Salem), too
participated.
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