To ensure adulteration of sago with tapioca starch was avoided and banned chemicals are not used in the manufacturing of sago, a consultative meeting would be held at the district collectorate at 2.30 p.m. here on October 7.
A press release issued by T. Anuradha, District Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Food Administration Department and forwarded through Collector K. Maharabushanam said that owners of sago manufacturing units in the district were asked to follow norms and not to use banned chemicals.
The owners agreed to it during a meeting held on June 10 this year.
Hence, to ensure that the norms are followed and adulteration was prevented, sago manufacturers, wet starch manufactures, traders, farmers, government officials, officials from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Inspector of Labours, would be participating in a meeting chaired by Collector.
The meeting would urge the manufactures not to involve in adulteration and also urge traders not to insist on polished starch using banned chemicals.
Recently in Namakkal, members of natural sago manufactures association went on strike protesting against the adulteration of sago with wet starch.
Good initiative....
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