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FSSAI issues testing notice after reported rotten areca nut smuggling
Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
With reports surfacing of the smuggling of rotten areca nut (commonly referred to as betel nut) into India via Sri Lanka, FSSAI, India’s apex food regulator, has issued a directive stating that now onwards, every consignment of areca/betel nut will be subjected to 100 per cent sampling and testing.