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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