The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has urged the Kerala government to adequately equip laboratories testing surveillance samples and offerings at Sabarimala.
In a Compliance Audit Report for the year ended March 2021 tabled in the State Assembly on Tuesday, the CAG asked the government to ensure that the laboratory at Pathanamthitta is adequately equipped so that it can be notified under the Food Safety and Standards Act.
The CAG noted that a District Food Testing Lab was established at Pathanamthitta in 1998 for testing Vazhipad articles and two labs at Pamba and sannidhanam for checking samples of raw materials and offerings at the temple.
