New Delhi: The Crop Care Federation of India, a farm industry group, on Thursday served a lawyer notice to Malayala Manorama online, a Kerala daily, for publishing ‘a false and fabricated report’ alleging excessive use of pesticide in Tamil Nadu vegetables.
The Malayala Manorama English online on Tuesday published a story captioned “Centre asks Tamil Nadu to curb use of pesticides”. The CCFI took note of the online English report and sent a legal letter to the editor of the online by e- mail\fax and speed post on Tuesday itself.
The online report was the English translation of the Malayalam report published in Malayala Manorama on the same day. The report says that the Food Safety Standard Authority of India, FSSAI, entrusted one Dr. K K Sharma for a detailed probe based on the report of the food safety department of Kerala government alleging excessive use of pesticide in vegetables grown in Tamil Nadu and transported to Kerala.
Mathrubhumi, another Malayalam daily carried the same news on Tuesday, but there was no English version of the report in its online portal.
According to the Malayala Manorama online story, “ Following a report from the food safety commissioner of Kerala, the Authority( FSSAI) conducted its own test and found out that vegetables from Tamil Nadu contained pesticides above permissible limit, after which it took the action”.
“ The Authority (FSSAI) took a stand that it cannot act only on the basis of a report from Kerala, and it assigned Dr. K. K .Sharma to conduct a detailed enquiry. The samples of vegetables were collected from Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore, and Kerala Agriculture University, Vellayani, which confirmed excessive use of pesticides.”
“Following this as per section 20 and 21 of the Food Safety and Standard Act, the Authority issued the order to take preventive measures to reduce the use of pesticide in vegetables and fruits”.
The CCFI said in the lawyer notice that the Malayala Manorama report was ‘false and fabricated’ and demanded evidence that the FSSAI assigned Dr. K. K. Sharma to test vegetable samples from Tamil Nadu at the laboratories in Tamil Nadu Agriculture University and Kerala Agriculture University.
Second, the CCFI demanded proof that the test conducted by Dr. K. K. Sharma (as assigned by SSFAI) showed excessive pesticide residues beyond permissible level.
Third, the CCFI demanded when did the FSSAI ask Dr. K.K.Sharma to collect the vegetable samples and when were they analysed and by whom and what were the results of the analysis. The lawyer notice demanded that Malayala Manorama should give the details within seven days of the date of the notice.
The Malayala Manorama English online on Tuesday published a story captioned “Centre asks Tamil Nadu to curb use of pesticides”. The CCFI took note of the online English report and sent a legal letter to the editor of the online by e- mail\fax and speed post on Tuesday itself.
The online report was the English translation of the Malayalam report published in Malayala Manorama on the same day. The report says that the Food Safety Standard Authority of India, FSSAI, entrusted one Dr. K K Sharma for a detailed probe based on the report of the food safety department of Kerala government alleging excessive use of pesticide in vegetables grown in Tamil Nadu and transported to Kerala.
Mathrubhumi, another Malayalam daily carried the same news on Tuesday, but there was no English version of the report in its online portal.
According to the Malayala Manorama online story, “ Following a report from the food safety commissioner of Kerala, the Authority( FSSAI) conducted its own test and found out that vegetables from Tamil Nadu contained pesticides above permissible limit, after which it took the action”.
“ The Authority (FSSAI) took a stand that it cannot act only on the basis of a report from Kerala, and it assigned Dr. K. K .Sharma to conduct a detailed enquiry. The samples of vegetables were collected from Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore, and Kerala Agriculture University, Vellayani, which confirmed excessive use of pesticides.”
“Following this as per section 20 and 21 of the Food Safety and Standard Act, the Authority issued the order to take preventive measures to reduce the use of pesticide in vegetables and fruits”.
The CCFI said in the lawyer notice that the Malayala Manorama report was ‘false and fabricated’ and demanded evidence that the FSSAI assigned Dr. K. K. Sharma to test vegetable samples from Tamil Nadu at the laboratories in Tamil Nadu Agriculture University and Kerala Agriculture University.
Second, the CCFI demanded proof that the test conducted by Dr. K. K. Sharma (as assigned by SSFAI) showed excessive pesticide residues beyond permissible level.
Third, the CCFI demanded when did the FSSAI ask Dr. K.K.Sharma to collect the vegetable samples and when were they analysed and by whom and what were the results of the analysis. The lawyer notice demanded that Malayala Manorama should give the details within seven days of the date of the notice.
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