Mango Import Ban 'Will Cost Firms Millions'

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A ban by Brussels on Indian mango imports will cost UK firms millions of pounds, the Prime Minister has been warned.

The damage to businesses was raised in Parliament by Labour MP Keith Vaz, who is pressing for the EU bar to be lifted.

David Cameron said he understood the strength of feeling over the "serious issue", but pointed to concerns about the cross-contamination of British crops, and said decisions had to be based on science.

He said he would "look forward" to discussing the issue with the new Indian prime minister.

The ban was brought in after non-European food pests were found in 207 shipments of fruit and vegetables in 2013.

The UK imports around ?6m worth of Indian mangoes each year.

Speaking in the Commons, Mr Vaz, who represents Leicester East, said the import ban had come into force on May 1.

He said: "As a result, hundreds of businesses in Leicester and throughout the UK will suffer millions of pounds of losses.

"There was no consultation with this House and no vote by British ministers."
Mr Vaz asked the PM: "Will he do his best to reverse this ban so that we can keep our special relationship with India, which his predecessors and he have worked so hard to maintain, and have our delicious mangoes once again?"

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/mango-import-ban-cost-firms-173454021.html

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Another conspiracy bulls!!!!
Concern about the cross-contamination of British crops based on science, will our govt stop hornet and other insects crossing Europe and invading our crops in our open world??

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WhoA there, so not sure on the ex act implications, can the parts be blasted with X-rays to sterilise them before leaving there destination, we don't want to pay anything, we have no money

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They are not stopping Africans banana imports because there isn?t any contamination in that part of continent.

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Partly o j topic.


said on news there's some hornets that kill French people and wipe out inglish honey bees, but didn't meantion if they affect Snow White turtle doves

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So what happens if I go to Endia eat plenty of mangoes come back to ingland with spider, hornet in my stomach will I be sent to quarantine for 3 months in number 10 with no internet to dk.

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See this sort of thing always worries me

The damage to businesses was raised in Parliament by Labour MP Keith Vaz, who is pressing for the EU bar to be lifted.

Indicating that it's the EU who imposed the ban and then

David Cameron said he understood the strength of feeling over the "serious issue", but pointed to concerns about the cross-contamination of British crops, and said decisions had to be based on science.

So the EU imposed it, the UK could ask for it to be lifted, but won't because of the number of contaminated crops - so the UK government is backing the ban.

How long before UKIP blame the EU saying that the UK can do nothing about it and the Tories agree? When in reality India could do something about it by cleaning up their exports and the UK government could then ask for the ban to be lifted if the Indians complied?

Should point out that less than 5% of veg that comes into the EU are from India...... that and the bloke in the photo looks so happy that he's having a sh*t in the mangoes

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Good.... prize of mangoes will going down this year and all the factories in uk making mangoes drink bankrupt man power told to go home go get your self jobseekers allowance!!!

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Factories producing mangoes juice will be laying people off most to go on dole, mangoes very cheap this year in endia!!!