Sales Of Garlic
FSSAI asks TN to crack down on sale of banned Chinese garlic in Chennai
Food safety regulator FSSAI has received complaints regarding sale of banned Chinese garlic in Chennai markets and has directed the Tamil Nadu government to look into the matter, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. Import of Chinese garlic has been banned since September 2005 after India found fungus Embellisia alli and Urocytsis cepulae in the product. Minister of State for Agriculture Ram Nath Thakur, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said the Central Board Of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 546 tonne of Chinese garlic during 2023-24, and 507 tonne during 2024-25. Further, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has also received a "complaint regarding sale of Chinese garlic in Chennai markets," he said. FSSAI has directed Tamil Nadu Food Safety Department for monitoring and surveillance activities. All Plant Quarantine Stations under Department of Agriculture have been directed to take necessary measures to .
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Costly curry: Ginger, garlic retail prices double in 6 weeks on low supply
Retail prices of garlic are in the Rs 180-300 per kg price bracket, depending on the quality of produce in different markets. Wholesale prices, on the other hand, are somewhere between Rs 150-260
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Distress sales of garlic, complain farmers
Despite an output decline of about a fifth, which normally supports a price rise, farmers are selling garlic at reduced prices, they complain, due to stringent procurement norms from government agencies.At the benchmark Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh) Agricultural Produce Market Committee yard, the average quality is quoting at Rs 10 a kg, the modal price being around Rs 25 a kg. In Pipliya (Madhya Pradesh) mandi, which contributes nearly a fourth of India's entire quantity of arrivals, garlic is selling at Rs 13 a kg. In Allahabad, garlic has lost around a quarter of its value in the past month to trade currently at Rs 24 a kg, due to a sharp increase in its arrival and paucity of bulk purchasers. Apart from its use as a spice, it is also consumed to make a number of ayurvedic medicines and, hence, is also categorised as a medicinal plant. "The current Rs 10-12 a kg in a majority of regions of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh is bizarre for garlic farmers. Their cost of ...
