Panel formed to check use of pesticides
The government has issued orders constituting a high-level committee, with the Commissioner of Food Safety as the chairperson, to take necessary steps to check the excessive use of pesticides in fruits and vegetables coming into Kerala from neighbouring States, in discussion with these State administrations.
The Director of Agriculture; Director, Animal Husbandry; Biju Thomas Mathew, Professor, Kerala Agriculture University; and T.K. Siyavuddeen, Joint Commissioner (General), Sales Tax, will be the members on the committee.
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