"Emma Thackery" > wrote:
> I heard the other day that, after years of considerable lobbying, the US
> is finally going to allow the import of Indian mangoes. I've heard
> Madhur Jaffrey wax eloquent about them several times now and although my
> preference is for locally raised food, it should be interesting to see
> what these new mangoes taste like. What I fear is that in order to get
> them here in one piece, they might be just as flavorless as the ones we
> previously obtained here in the States. Hopefully, for those of us who
> enjoy mango salsa and chutney, the Indian mangoes will be awesome!
>
> And as for China, don't you find it the slightest bit ironic that we've
> been importing all these substandard (even contaminated) foods from
> China for years, but mangoes from India were forbidden?
>
> Emma

The reason the mangoes from India were forbidden was because of plant pests. It
never had anything to do with the mangoes themselves being contaminated. So how
are they dealing with the pest problem you ask?... They are irradiating the
mangoes before shipment to the USA!

See this announcment:

http://tinyurl.com/2kd4lx

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