MANGALURU: The Karnataka State Areca Cooperative Societies Federation has urged the state government to rescind the ban on sale of areca and pan masala sachets separately besides lifting the ban on gutka.
The government's recent move has resulted in crash in areca nut prices leading to a distress among the growers of this horticultural crop, a delegation of the federation that called on minister for law and parliamentary affairs T B Jayachandra in Bengaluru recently, stated.
Asserting that the order has had a disastrous effect on the market price of areca nut, the delegation maintained that the Food Safety Agency of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has no authority to ban either areca or pan masala, deleatgion stated adding the ill-effects of this order has been brought to the notice of the commissioner of food safety as well.
The delegation that met Jayachandra after meeting the commissioner, urged him to immediately repeal the above order and ensure that the areca nut growers get a remunerative price for their produce.
Konkodi Padmanabha, president of the federation also urged the areca nut growers not to resort to distress selling of the crop and sell only as much as they require and sit on a buffer to sell when prices of areca nut go up.
The delegation said the minister responded positively to their plea and promised to take up the matter with the authorities concerned.
Campco vice-president Shankarnarayana Bhat Kandige, vice-president of Shivamogga-based Mamcos, Yadagere Subrahmanya, directors of Mamcos Suresh, Suresh Kumar and managing director of Tumcos N P Madhu were part of the delegation.
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