Statesman News Service
MALDA, June 7: The Central horticulture commissioner has instructed all states not to export mangoes to the USA and Japan without “eradication treatment,” Malda mango development officer Mr SN Khara, said today. The state horticulture department yesterday forwarded the Centre’s message to all mango production districts, including Malda. Exporters have also been requested to follow the system of “eradication treatment” so that Americans and Japanese could not lodge complaint of poor quality mangoes against India. Mr Khara said the horticulture department has assured the exporters of extending cooperation in disinfecting fungus, bacteria and insects from mangoes meant for export to the USA and Japan. However, the problem is that Malda does not have any treatment plant for eradication of fungus, bacteria and insects. The state has only one private treatment plant for mangoes at Dankuni in Hooghly. “On receiving the circular yesterday, we discussed the matter with Mr Ashok Seth, an exporter in Kolkata, who was supposed to export 1.2 tonne Malda mangoes to the USA. Mr Seth has agreed to follow the eradication system before exporting the mangoes to the two countries,” Mr Khara, added. According to officials, the horticulture department has proposed the Malda Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce to take initiative to set up a treatment plant for mangoes in the district so that the exporters could disinfect mangoes in a proper way before exporting those to the overseas countries, especially USA and Japan.
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