A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Assistant Commissioner, Food Safety, to take necessary steps to ensure that moisture content in Appam and Aravana distributed at the Sabarimala temple is within the standard limit of 10%.
The Bench ordered the Travancore Devaswom Board to ensure that moisture content of the pradadams is at 10% before the sale of each lot of prasadams to the pilgrims.
The court passed the order when a report filed by the Sabarimala Special Commissioner came up for hearing. According to the report, a lab test of the sample prasadams has shown that their moisture content has exceeded the standard limit of 10%.
The court also directed the Travancore Devaswom Board to issue an advisory to the pilgrims on the virtual queue platform on the requirement to cancel the booking in advance if they are not planning for darshan on the allotted slot so that it can be allotted to another pilgrim.
Published – November 22, 2024 08:20 pm IST