Even as exporters struggle with varying international standards for agricultural crops Sujit Patra, Secretary, India Tea Association, explains how the lack of internal harmonisation of standards in the tea is affecting the industry. In his view, until sufficient data is generated, and we come to a consensus on the standards...
Krishnendu Chatterjee, Sr. VP – Centre of Excellence at Darjeeling Organic Tea Estates Pvt. Ltd (DOTEPL), explains how Indian organic food producers are also facing MRL challenges in markets like EU, even though these may largely on account of environmental factors. This calls for a better understanding among the scientific...
While developed countries have traditionally been stringent on maximum residue limit or MRL norms, the same are now being adopted in bits and pieces by some developing countries. This is leading to stoppage in shipments and general panic among the exporting community. In the long term, it can cause serious...
Prof Arpita Mukherjee, ICRIER, cautions that adhering to importing country standards on maximum residue limits (MRLs), or countering them scientifically, is critical to India’s ambitions of ramping up agriculture exports. If we fail to do so, India risks losing market share to other developing countries. IBT: Why are MRL limits...
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