DARJEELING TEA EXPORTS TO GERMANY HIT BY CANCER SCARE AS EU GI PROTECTION LOOMS
November 1st, 2014
A controversy in Germany over potential carcinogens in tea is threatening the benefits offered by an incoming European Union (EU) geographical indication protection for Darjeeling Tea. The claims made by a German consumer magazine Warentest have damaged confidence in Indian tea and hit sales. “Online sales orders [by individual customers] went down sharply soon after the health scare created by some media reports,” Thomas Zimmermann, director of Munich-based tea selling company Teealternative, told Food & Drink Technology NewsIn the October issue, ...
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