Mango Ban

In a crackdown against timber and fuel wood smuggling in the state, the Himachal Pradesh government Tuesday banned the felling of mango and five other tree species with immediate effect.

One of Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MPs, Keith Vaz, kept his promise of delivering a fresh batch of Alphonso mangoes to the British Prime Minister after the ban on their import was lifted by the European Union.

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has welcomed an EU vote to remove a ban on the import of mangoes from India, paving the way for trade in the fruit to resume.

According to a senior government official, the European Union is likely to lift the ban on the import of Indian mangoes and other vegetables this month. Earlier this year, the 28-member European Union had temporarily banned the import of Alphonso mangoes...

A British government agency will help Indian authorities to put in place measures needed ahead of the visit of an EU team to India to ensure the ban on import of Alfonso mango is lifted.

After the recent ban on the import of Alphonso mangoes over claims of a fruit fly infestation, the European union (EU) is now looking to ban Indian betel or 'paan leaves'.  Earlier this week the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) issued...

Betel or 'paan' leaves from India may be the next item to be banned by the European Union (EU), which has already imposed an import ban on Alphonso mangoes over claims of a fruit fly infestation.

A high-powered team of scientific experts from the European Commission will visit India in September to check measures put in place by the country in order to help lift the EU ban on the import of Indian mangoes. This was confirmed to Indian-origin Labour...

This was confirmed to Indian-origin Labour MP Keith Vaz, who visited Brussels on Wednesday

The British government today held talks with all the stakeholders to help lift the EU ban on the import of Indian mangoes before the sanctioned date of December 2015.

The recent ban on the European import of Indian Alphonsos has sparked off protests in Britain. The ban has left many British Indians disgruntled and deprived of enjoying their favourite summer fruit. Alphonso mangoes along with eggplant, the taro plant,...

Pakistani mango growers are hoping to take a slice out of India's export market thanks to tough new European regulations.

A ban on European imports of India's Alphonso mango - prized for its perfumed aroma and buttery flesh - is drawing anger from British Indians, who say the move is unfair and deprives them of one of summer's sweetest flavours.

Saudi Arabia, the fifth-largest importer of fresh vegetables from India, has slapped a ban on the import of Indian chili due to the presence of high pesticide residues in it.Confirming the news, Surinder Bhagat, second secretary of politics and commerce...

Indians are feasting on some of the world's most succulent mangoes after the European Union banned imports of the fruit from India this month, producing a glut and rock-bottom prices for local consumers. Starting May 1, the EU banned imports of Indian...

In a crackdown against timber and fuel wood smuggling in the state, the Himachal Pradesh government Tuesday banned the felling of mango and five other tree species with immediate effect.

One of Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MPs, Keith Vaz, kept his promise of delivering a fresh batch of Alphonso mangoes to the British Prime Minister after the ban on their import was lifted by the European Union.

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has welcomed an EU vote to remove a ban on the import of mangoes from India, paving the way for trade in the fruit to resume.

According to a senior government official, the European Union is likely to lift the ban on the import of Indian mangoes and other vegetables this month. Earlier this year, the 28-member European Union had temporarily banned the import of Alphonso mangoes...

A British government agency will help Indian authorities to put in place measures needed ahead of the visit of an EU team to India to ensure the ban on import of Alfonso mango is lifted.

After the recent ban on the import of Alphonso mangoes over claims of a fruit fly infestation, the European union (EU) is now looking to ban Indian betel or 'paan leaves'.  Earlier this week the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) issued...

Betel or 'paan' leaves from India may be the next item to be banned by the European Union (EU), which has already imposed an import ban on Alphonso mangoes over claims of a fruit fly infestation.

A high-powered team of scientific experts from the European Commission will visit India in September to check measures put in place by the country in order to help lift the EU ban on the import of Indian mangoes. This was confirmed to Indian-origin Labour...

This was confirmed to Indian-origin Labour MP Keith Vaz, who visited Brussels on Wednesday

The British government today held talks with all the stakeholders to help lift the EU ban on the import of Indian mangoes before the sanctioned date of December 2015.

The recent ban on the European import of Indian Alphonsos has sparked off protests in Britain. The ban has left many British Indians disgruntled and deprived of enjoying their favourite summer fruit. Alphonso mangoes along with eggplant, the taro plant,...

Pakistani mango growers are hoping to take a slice out of India's export market thanks to tough new European regulations.

A ban on European imports of India's Alphonso mango - prized for its perfumed aroma and buttery flesh - is drawing anger from British Indians, who say the move is unfair and deprives them of one of summer's sweetest flavours.

Saudi Arabia, the fifth-largest importer of fresh vegetables from India, has slapped a ban on the import of Indian chili due to the presence of high pesticide residues in it.Confirming the news, Surinder Bhagat, second secretary of politics and commerce...

Indians are feasting on some of the world's most succulent mangoes after the European Union banned imports of the fruit from India this month, producing a glut and rock-bottom prices for local consumers. Starting May 1, the EU banned imports of Indian...