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Grown-in-India corn in trouble?

 Shivani Kapoor | The Dollar Business Why does almost everything that’s talked about as a ‘positive detection’ in biology lead to a ‘negative shift’ in sentiments? Actually, that happens in exports too. Call it a corny coincidence if you will, but one such positive-yet-negative moment for exporters is now. Detection of aflatoxin (a toxin produced by a certain variety of fungus and commonly known to be cancer-causing) by Canadian authorities in corn originating from India is likely to have Indian exporters like a cat on hot bricks. This revelation is also set to send many ‘Grown-in-India’ corn importing nations into a trip of apprehension. [Whether it ends up being just a minor fright for either camp is a good ...