Kathmandu, July 5 -- The Indian Embassy has expressed concern over the government policy requiring all vegetable and fruit imports to be tested for chemical residues at the border, saying that lack of properly equipped labs in the country had only made the general public suffer.

The Pesticides Act, which went into effect two weeks ago, has set the maximum contaminant level for any farm product entering the country at 25 percent.

An Indian Embassy official said they held talks with high level government officials and urged them to install the necessary infrastructure at accessible locations before implementing the new rule. "We expressed concern along the lines that people in either country should not be made to suffer while abiding by t...