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The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) announced that it has developed a testing protocol for formaldehyde adulteration in seafood. This adulteration poses serious challenges on food safety and has the potential to become an irritant in India's seafood exports to various markets. A validated method for detecting formaldehyde in seafood is by using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

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American and European retailers are filing for bankruptcies due to the coronavirus pandemic crisis. The Indian creditors who have unsecured outstanding dues with the companies are feeling the pressure. It is estimated that the Indian creditors have outstanding dues in excess of $50 million.

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The EU has raised the restrictions on capsicum imported from India and Pakistan due to the high rate of non-compliance with pesticide norms. They have made it mandatory for shipments to be accompanied by an official certificate stating that the items were free of pesticide residues.

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Malaysia has contracted to import a record 100,000 tonnes of rice from India for shipment this month and in a further sign of improving trade relations between the countries after a diplomatic spat. Since Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia have placed temporary curbs on exports to save the grain for themselves, Malaysia imports twice the average annual volume of rice in the last 5 years, from India.

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Basmati exporters have asked the growers to increase the area under cultivation, saying that they have orders in hand, despite the COVID-19 pandemic affecting most other sectors of the economy. The orders are from West Asia, Arabian countries, Europe, Canada and the US. The exports of basmati from the country were expected to touch Rs 40,000 crore this year with an increase of 15% over Rs 35,000 crore last year.

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The government decided to deregulate essential commodity trade and introduce a Central law to ease inter-state farm trade overriding the APMC mandis. The proposed trade will complement whatever limited APMC reforms that have been undertaken by some states in recent months.

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced Rs 20,000 crore to promote fishing activities in India to boost production and exports in the sector. The funds will be used for plugging critical gaps in the fisheries value chain.

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Out of the 15 relief measures announced under the mega Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package for the COVID 19-battered economy, six aimed at bringing lockdown-hit India’s vast MSME sector back to life. Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government and central public sector enterprises will release all pending MSME payments in 45 days.

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The Delhi Customs intercepted a huge amount of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) kits, masks, raw material, and sanitisers which were being smuggled to China. The DGFT, on March 19, had banned the export of all ventilators, surgical, disposable (2/3 Ply) masks, and textile raw material for masks and coveralls. Export of Alcohol-based sanitiser was banned by DGFT on April 7. The Delhi Customs has started an investigation in the matter.

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