Tea Board to do surprise checks, raid sellers to flush out spurious produce

Tea sold below Rs 60 a kg to trigger suprise checks, sample to be sent for testing at FSSAI; sub-standard produce to seized and destroyed

In a move to keep spurious or sub-standard tea out of the market and improve price realisations for plantations, the Tea Board of India has decided to increase its vigilance on the tea sector. This will also restore the reputation of Indian tea. The action plan include conducting surprise checks and visits or even raid across gardens and sellers once the Board is tipped about sub-standard tea being sold or its inspectors suspects the same. Such tea will be destroyed.

According to A K Ray, deputy chairman at the Tea Board, the minimum selling price of tea cannot be lower