FIFA World Cup fallout: Qatar suspends seafood imports from India as it finds harmful bacteria in shipments

Qatar has temporarily banned seafood imports from India after microbial contamination was detected in some consignments.

This comes in the wake of a nationwide quality check undertaken by the Qatar administration ahead of the FIFA World Cup starting this weekend, industry sources said.

In October, the presence of bacteria was found in two or three shrimp consignments which led to the suspension of all marine product shipments to that…