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mountainposeon Apr 03, 2017 3:43pm
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RE:RE:Pulses to India gain fumigation exemption extension.
RE:RE:Pulses to India gain fumigation exemption extension.The stuff (methyl bromide) is illegal-worldwide. That is a big fuss! India doesn't want the liability and bad PR on it's shores. The organization representing Indias pulse crop industry expects its government will issue a three month extension ( Now done) allowing continued imports of peas and lentils that have not been fumigated, according to media reports in India. Methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting chemical is not used in Canada. Worldwide, the usage of methyl bromide (MBR) for fumigation is not allowed. We believe a three month extension will be given by the central government for fumigation of shipments of pulses, Pravin Dongre, chair of the India Pulses and Grains Association, told the private Indo-Asian News Service on Sunday. A study is going on to find an alternative to MBR. Hopefully we will have an alternative in the three month period, he is quoted as saying.