The first consignment of GI-tagged Joynagar Moa will leave Calcutta on Wednesday. Thirty kilos of moa will land in Bahrain after flying out of Calcutta in specially created packages.
Along with it will travel a little over 100 kilos of patali gur (date palm jaggery), another winter delicacy from Bengal.
“This is the first time GI-tagged Joynagar Moa will be exported from Bengal,” said Sandeep Saha of the Agricultural and Process Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Union ministry of commerce and industry.
“We have also received enquiries from Italy and Canada. We will wait for feedback about the first consignment and then take our next step.”