Bagassosis, an interstitial lung disease, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis attributed to exposure to moldy molasses[1] or bagasse dust.

[2][3] Some symptoms and signs of bagassosis include breathlessness, cough, haemoptysis, and slight fever.

Bagassosis has been shown to be due to a thermophilic actinomycete for which the name Thermoactinomycetes sacchari was suggested.

The following are precautionary measures that can be taken to avoid the spread of bagassosis: Bagassosis was first reported in India by Ganguly and Pal in 1955, in a cardboard manufacturing plant near Kolkata.

The sugarcane fibre which, until recently, went to waste, is now utilised in the manufacture of cardboard, paper and rayon.