Capt. Chowta seeks permissible moisture level for arecanut to be fixed at 11%

Capt. Brijesh Chowta, MP for Dakshina Kannada, met Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Chirag Paswan successful Delhi connected Wednesday and urged him to bash the needful for revising the permissible moisture contented for arecanut to astir 11%, from the contiguous 7%, successful enactment with comparable cultivation commodities.

He highlighted the challenges arising from the existent moisture contented norms of 7 % prescribed nether FSSAI regulations. He pointed retired that nether prevailing tract conditions, particularly successful humid and coastal regions, arecanut is predominantly sun-dried, making it highly hard for farmers to execute moisture levels beneath 11%.