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Basmati exporters urge Centre to hold talks with EU over pesticide norms [1]

Sandip Das

New Delhi: With aromatic basmati rice from India kept out of the supermarkets in Germany for the last few months, following reports of the presence of high levels of pesticide residue, exporters are urging the government to hold discussion with the European Union for bringing in uniformity in the norms concerning the minimum residue limit (MRL).

Publication Date: 
30/08/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Pesticide Residues [3], Basmati Rice [4], European Union (EU) [5], Exports [6], India [7], Pesticides And Toxins [8]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-residues
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/basmati-rice
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/exports
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides-and-toxins