- Saturday, April 20, 2024
By: Lauren Codling
by LAUREN CODLING BASMATI rice could be banned in the UK from the new year if a resolution is not found over the use of a pesticide used by farmers in India. Conservative MEP Syed Kamall warned last Sunday (15) of a price rise as well as a “disastrous” impact on basmati farmers in India if the matter was not sorted out soon. The controversy is over the use of tricyclazole pesticide after the EU commission ordered manufacturers to reduce the amount being used. The limit is due to be slashed from one milligram to 0.01 milligram per kilo, a…
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