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COIMBATORE: More than one-and-half tonnes of adulterated tea were confiscated from a company at Chinna Vedampatti in the city by the food safety department during routine inspection on Tuesday morning. The owner had mixed the tea powder with synthetic brown colour.Adulteration of tea is becoming a growing problem with many smaller tea vendors getting cheated into buying them. So many tea shops and vendors buy them to reduce costs and make a bigger profit," said another food safety officer.The seized tea is worth at least ` 3 to ` 3.5 lakh. "The owner had packa ged the adulterated tea in plastic packets and boxes with a local brand name," designated food safety officer Dr Vijay said. "Taste more than colour will give a clue if the tea is adulterated or not," he added..