Tea Board officials inspect several gardens in North Bengal to determine the quality of produce in India

Kolkata, Aug 4 (PTI) A special team of Tea Board officials inspected several gardens in North Bengal to determine the quality of leaves manufactured in these estates. An official of the Tea Board told PTI that several samples have been collected from these estates and their quality will be determined. President of the Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association (CISTA) Bijoy Gopal Chakraborty said “We welcome the action taken by Tea Board in inspecting several gardens of North Bengal. We demand that exemplary action be taken against these entities so that it becomes a deterrent in future”. Chakraborty said CISTA had come to learn that some tea gardens are procuring tea waste from Assam and mixing it with green leaves produced at the estates. “We have informed the Tea Board of these malpractices by these gardens. As per rules, two per cent of the total production of any garden should be declared as tea waste”, he said. This waste should be used either for manufacturing ...