It is responsibility of the mango exporters and not government to fumigate mangoes or any other fruit before shipment.
TOPEKA, KS, US: This is with reference to the story “UK’s quarantine department destroying all shipments of Pakistani mangoes” (July 3). It is the responsibility of the mango exporters and not the government to fumigate mangoes or any other fruit before shipment. Have Pakistani exporters even heard of fumigation? Mangoes could also be exported to the US, as well as the UK, and other Western markets if these are properly fumigated and shipped with certification, which is genuine and not fake.
Naeem Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, July 4th, 2013.
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