A health and safety measure quietly imposed by EU officials to protect the bloc's crops is to deprive Europeans of access to India's "king of mangoes".
The EU's 18 month mango ban, which began on 1 May and will last until December 2015 also includes aubergines, two types of squash, and the taro leaf which is widely used in Indian cooking.
It was imposed in March after non-European food pests including fruit flies were found in 207 shipments of fruit and vegetables in 2013, which E...
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