Food Authority backtracks on tea rules after uproar

The Agricultural and Food Authority (AFA) is on the spotlight for moving to implement proposed regulations governing the tea industry.

The Agricultural and Food Authority (AFA) is on the spotlight for moving to implement proposed regulations governing the tea industry even before the process of making the rules had been completed.

The Authority has been compelled to withdraw directives it had issued to sector players on realisation that the Crops (Tea Industry) Regulations 2020 had not yet gone through the public participation phase, including going through Parliament.