The Tea Board of India has contradicted the findings by Greenpeace India on high level of pesticides found in tea.
According to the Tea Board, all the samples tested comply with the Indian laws and regulations, designed to protect consumers. Indian teas are well regarded the world over and are "totally safe" following stringent standards.
The Tea Board would like to dispel any misconceptions about Indian tea in the eyes of consumers at large, it said in a statement.
"The Indian tea industry led by the Tea Board has been constantly taking steps to make tea cultivation even more sustainable and reduce reliance on synthetic plant protection products to ensure that Indian tea continues to meet the high standards consumers expect," it added in a release issued late in the evening on Monday.
Some of the steps taken by the Tea Board include the launch of 'trustea', an initiative which will have certified at least 50 million kilograms of tea by December 2014.
Other inititative include the development of the Plant Protection Code to aid best practices in tea cultivation, and identifying and advocating for higher partnering with the industry on a scientific pilot that will ascertain the feasibility of non-synthetic plant protection products for tea cultivation.
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