1Chief Scientist & Station In-charge Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF), (Under the Aegis of APEDA, Ministry of Commerce Government of India), Roorkee Road, Modipuram, Meerut-250 110, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Department of Biotechnology, K.V. Subharti College of Science, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut-250 005, U.P., India
*Corresponding Author: Anupam Dixit Chief Scientist & Station In-charge Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF), (Under the Aegis of APEDA, Ministry of Commerce Government of India), Roorkee Road, Modipuram, Meerut-250 110, U.P., India, Email: dixit59@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 27 July, 2018.
Basmati is long grain aromatic rice which is highly favoured and fetches higher prices in domestic as well as in the world market. Though India exports both Basmati and non-Basmati rice varieties, Basmati has become a major export item among agricultural products due to increase in its global popularity and hence demand, especially in the Gulf and European countries. The significant price differences between Basmati and non-Basmati rice varieties have come out with practices to adulterate Basmati with non-Basmati varieties. Export of Basmati rice has also faced problems in the last few years in different markets such as the U.S., E.U. and Iran owing to detection of heavy metals, aflatoxins and pesticide residues.
Heavy metals, aflatoxins and pesticide
