Sri Lanka Rejects Guntur Chilli Consignments Over Quality Concerns

Farmers in a city called Guntur, in a part of India called Andhra Pradesh, grow lots of chillies.

Guntur is famous for trading and selling chillies to other countries.

Some of these chillies were sent to a country called Sri Lanka.

But Sri Lanka said it did not want the chillies because they were not good enough.

The chillies had two problems: too much moisture and too much of a harmful thing called aflatoxin.

Too much moisture can make mould grow on the chillies, and mouldy food can make people sick.

So Sri Lanka sent the containers of chillies back.

Earlier, another country, China, also did not want chillies from three Indian exporters.

Exporters have gone to Sri Lanka to talk to the authorities and try to fix the problem.

Meanwhile, farmers and traders in Guntur are worried that this could hurt their chilli business.