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VICTORY NEWS: BOMBAY DUCK HAS BEEN SAVED!!!!
Following my request, the Indian High Commission
approached the European Commission about the ban. The EC adjusted the
regulations so that the fish can still be dried in the open air but has to be
packed in an "EC approved" packing station. Now a
Wholesale supplies can be obtained from Mr Evans,
J Vickerstaff Co Ltd, Wholesale Market Precinct,
Personal supplies can be obtained by
post from The Sweet Mart in
sales@sweetmart.co.uk, or telephone 0117 9512257.
Medium size packs can be purchased
direct from a supplier in
Filleted Bombay Duck fish @ £17.00 per kilo (including air couriers' charges).
Send a postal order/money order in the name of : Mr. Suryakant D. Bhagat.
The supplier can be contacted as detailed below.
Address: Mr. Suryakant D. Bhagat,
M/s. Dhirajlal Devchand Bhagat,
Damn I Zampa,
Dist:Valsad. (
PHONE: 91 260 2374059/2370023
FAX : 91 260 2373336.
E.MAIL:ddbhagat@rediffmail.com
val_ddbhagat@sancharnet.in
Supplies are now appearing in Indian Cash-and-Carry warehouses.
Here are links to some press comment: BBC News The Independent
CELEBRATION T-SHIRTS: Send a cheque for £15.00
for an XL Tee shirt with the Bombay Duck logo to D.T.Delaney,
Mortimers Cross Mill,
PS. Exactly the same problem has arisen over imports of wild crayfish
from China. Farmed crayfish has been found to have harmful chemicals so
Brussels has banned all imports, including pure wild crayfish that are
uncontaminated. Pret A Manger, the superior sandwich
chain, is campaigning to have the ban lifted. (Sunday Telegraph 1/9/02)
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Save Bombay Duck Campaign |
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In 1997 Bombay Duck was banned by the European Commission (EC) of the European Union. Bombay Duck is a delicacy eaten as an accompaniment to curry. It is dried fish that is usually served fried. It has an acquired pungent taste adored by curry lovers. |
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The EC admitted that it had no "sanitary" evidence against the product and the UK Public Health Laboratory Service confirmed that there are no recorded cases of food poisoning, or bacterial contamination, associated with Bombay Duck. It was been banned because the EC only allows fish imports from India from approved freezing and canning factories. Bombay Duck is not produced in factories. |
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Bombay Duck - an acquired taste but worth saving! Picture: Mail on Sunday |
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Site produced by David Delaney. I have had to remove my e-mail address as it has been seized by spammers. For me EU the ban on Bombay Duck was a ban too far! So much of what we love is banned without question that I decided to fight this one. (It is a good example of what happens when we allow bureaucrats in Brussels to make our laws). The solution to lifting the ban was so simple, why did the bureaucrats and government ministers refuse to see it? They could have been heroes, instead they chose to be villains. See also my other web site: Eurofollies and Euromyths |
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