Nam dok mai mango finally finds its way to US shelves

By The Nation

 

 

Dr Suvit Maesincee, Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (NIMT), said this week that Thailand had finally been able to export the gold-hued Nam Dok Mai mango to the US after 12 years of trying. Ripened mangoes had long faced export problems due to the different import regulations imposed by various countries to prevent disease and keep out insects.

 

Since 2007, the US Agriculture Ministry has only allowed in mangoes that passed the gamma radiation test.

 

To solve the problem, the National Research Office, the Office of Economic Development, Naresuan University and the National Institute of Nuclear Technology have worked together on research following Boston Consulting Group model (BCG) by monitoring the mango, both pre-radiated and after the radiation process, until it achieved US standards. Many mangoes treated with this process have been shipped to US stores since September.

 

Several start-ups working in collaboration with 7 universities in Thailand’s north, including Recute, a recycled garbage system company, NU Bio Bag, a bio-plastic bag maker, and TRIBES, distributor of tea and coffee products from hilltribe minorities in Chiang Rai, Suvit added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30377017

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-10-03

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Well done to have defeated the restrictive  practices  of  protectionist policy.

Could do well to  look at home policy !

14 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Well done to have defeated the restrictive  practices  of  protectionist policy.

Could do well to  look at home policy !

 

I don't think the trouble getting this Thai variety of mango into U.S. stores was due to protectionism...

 

Based on the OP article, it seems to have been based on issues about "prevent disease and keep out insects."

 

And they seem to have overcome those issues "by monitoring the mango, both pre-radiated and after the radiation process, until it achieved US standards. Many mangoes treated with this process have been shipped to US stores since September."

 

Not that I'm entirely excited about knowing that my Thai mango has been irradiated prior to my eating it. Perhaps the Thai local mangoes here aren't irradiated, and just come naturally with their own local diseases and pests.  

 

Something else Trump will be able to arbitrarily slap tariffs on in the future - like Scotch Whiskey and European wine and cheese as reported today.

Yummy. Good to see, as opposed to those pathetic, stringy nasty Mexican mangos I have been forced to choke down

mhhh nice fresh x-ray mango