after detecting contamination, India's agriculture body said it has not
received any official communication from Iran over the issue.
According to A K Gupta, an advisor to India's Agriculture & Processed
Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), the country has
nothing official from Iranian authority in this regard except the media
reports that widely circulated.
Indian exporters said that there was not any obstacle in the shipment
and the exports are going well as per consignment to Iran.
Iran's Press TV reported that the government laboratory has allegedly
found the presence arsenic, cadmium and lead in India's premium basmati
rice Pusa 1121. Pusa 1121, which was formerly sold as premium
non-basmati rice, was re-branded as basmati in October 2008 by India to
boost its marketability.
India's APEDA has sent a proposal through Indian Embassy in Iran
inviting a delegation from the country to showcase the processes
involved in production of the premium grain, Gupta said.
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