CFFI states that no analysis had been performed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
The Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI) has slapped a legal notice on popular Kerala daily, Malayalam Manorama, over a story it published titled ‘Centre asks Tamil Nadu to curb use of pesticides’.
The story was published on the daily's website on September 24 and it stated that an analysis had confirmed high levels of pesticide in the vegetables grown in the state. CCFI now states that no analysis had been performed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
A report in Deccan Chronicle states that CCFI had sent a legal notice stating the report was ‘false and fabricated’. The CCFI says that FSSAI and the Kerala Agricultural University didn’t respond to the legal notice with any data. CCFI alleges that the analysis by the (FSSAI) had not even taken place hence there is no data of pesticide contamination.
Recently, numerous stories have been doing the rounds in the media in Kerala about how there were high levels of pesticides found in the vegetables grown in Tamil Nadu. These vegetables are sold in Kerala say reports.
The CCFI alleges that the news report in Malayalam Manorama had distorted facts, adds the Deccan Chronicle report. It is waiting for the parties to revert to their legal notice.
A report in Deccan Chronicle states that CCFI had sent a legal notice stating the report was ‘false and fabricated’. The CCFI says that FSSAI and the Kerala Agricultural University didn’t respond to the legal notice with any data. CCFI alleges that the analysis by the (FSSAI) had not even taken place hence there is no data of pesticide contamination.
Recently, numerous stories have been doing the rounds in the media in Kerala about how there were high levels of pesticides found in the vegetables grown in Tamil Nadu. These vegetables are sold in Kerala say reports.
The CCFI alleges that the news report in Malayalam Manorama had distorted facts, adds the Deccan Chronicle report. It is waiting for the parties to revert to their legal notice.
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