Tea break

New EU import rule, a crisis for Sri Lankan tea export

Asbestos, endosulfan escape blacklist

Ranbaxy in a spot

Chirala saree weavers losing out to computer-aided designs

Inequalities keep shifting as knowledge enters market

Himalayan herbal heritage fading

The scent that sells

Shrimp does not pay

Lac grows on plant

Scientists find a way to cultivate lac that is less labourintensive and more profitable

Ecuador

Sri Lanka bans export of high-value medicinal plant

Poultry trade down with bird flu

Farmers on holiday

Andhra farmers shun growing paddy this kharif in absence of buyers, storage space

Sharks in soup

India goes against world in not banning shark fin trade

China biggest polluter, says Dutch study

UPDATE: Food crunch

Jobs and the environment

Stupid growth

Seafood ban

Pakistan exporters suffer

South Asia

EU rejects Indian grapes

Contains lihocin, a growth regulator not regulated in India

Red alert on Indian spices

Spice Board challenges US food department’s claims over salmonella contamination

Honey trade just got stickier

US industry shows distrust in India, sets its own certificate to ensure source of honey

ARGENTINA

Exporting e-xposure

The US ships out highly toxic electronic waste to Asian countries