date:Nov 23, 2018
certain it.
Suneeti Toteja, director, imports, FSSAI, in her order, said, Areca nut, the fruit of the areca palm, commonly referred to as betel nut, is prone to the formation of fungal growth during various stages of its production, storage and transportation.
Accordingly it has been decided that the consignments of imported betel/areca nut shall not be cleared through the risk management system and all the imported consignment shall be subjected to 100 percent sampling and testing, she added