Chinanews.com, Langfang, December 17 (Song Mintao and Wang Yangyang) Put everything in half, removing seeds, washing, disinfecting, cutting, dehydrating, and packing...A fresh hot pepper can only go through seven or eight processes. It is counted as "fresh-cut fruits and vegetables" and shipped to the distribution center.
On the 17th, in the cold chain processing workshop of Hebei Xinglu Agricultural Technology Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xinglu Agriculture") in Gu'an County, Langfang City, Hebei Province, a portion of carefully processed "fresh-cut fruits and vegetables" was passed through the cold chain on the same day. The chain logistics truck was sent to the Beijing-Tianjin market.
Li Juntian, general manager of Xinglu Agriculture, said that from raw material storage to processing, all links are strictly controlled and strictly inspected. Qualified products are directly cold-chain distributed to more than 10 designated customers in Beijing and Tianjin.
Fresh and assured vegetables, from processing to serving on the tables of Beijing and Tianjin citizens, does not exceed 24 hours.
In recent years, relying on its regional advantages adjacent to Beijing, Gu'an County has aimed at the needs of the Beijing-Tianjin mid-to-high-end food market, focusing on the development of characteristic industries such as facility vegetables and cold-chain processing, and its mid-to-high-end food supply capacity has been significantly enhanced.
The picture shows the staff processing vegetables in the cooperative's clean vegetable processing workshop.
Photo by Song Mintao
According to reports, on the basis of the development of modern agriculture, Xinglu Agriculture is developing a long agricultural industry chain, taking high-end products and high value-added routes, engaging in cold chain food research and development, production and sales, and processing fresh food in a low temperature environment. Packaging, transportation and sales.
Currently, more than 10,000 cold chain foods enter the Beijing-Tianjin market from Gu'an every day.
"We adopt the sales-based production model of'production base + processing enterprise + supermarket sales', and continue to accelerate the pace of the modern food industry with the whole cold chain model, and strive to let more assured food enter the market." Li Juntian said, Xinglu There are more than 300 agricultural members, 207 farmers are directly promoted, the planting area is more than 7,000 mu, and the annual output value is more than 80 million yuan.
In the clean vegetable processing workshop of the Shengshi Agricultural Cooperative Fruit and Vegetable Specialized Planting Cooperative in Gu'an County, the reporter also saw a busy production scene. After being cut, it becomes filaments or thin slices; on the other side, workers pick up huge winter squash and pumpkins and put them on the machine. Once the process is completed, they are processed into cubes or small slices of fresh-cut vegetables.
The picture shows the staff weighing and packing the processed vegetables in the cooperative’s clean vegetable processing workshop.
Photo by Song Mintao
"In the whole process, the farmers are connected at one end to solve the problem of their difficulty in selling. The middle processing link requires manpower, which can create employment opportunities for farmers; in addition, fresh-cut fruits and vegetables on the table can improve the life efficiency of end consumers and save time. , And compared with crude vegetables, it also reduces waste by 20% and avoids generating too much urban household garbage." Zheng Liguo, head of the Shengshi Agricultural Cooperative Fruit and Vegetable Professional Planting Cooperative, told reporters that fresh-cut fruits and vegetables are on the table in the cold chain, and There are multiple benefits such as increasing farmers' income, facilitating consumption, and reducing environmental pollution.
At present, the cooperative’s products have entered Beijing’s Zhengda Group, Supermarkets, Zhengda Fresh, CP Lotus and other supermarkets, and supply group meals for many large companies, as well as many college canteens.
According to Zhang Weijian, deputy director of the Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Gu'an County, relying on its location advantages, Gu'an County will accelerate the development of the cold chain processing market. It will guide and cultivate more cold chains through a series of measures such as strengthening management mechanisms, improving the industrial chain, and optimizing the market environment. Food processing enterprises are becoming bigger and stronger in Gu'an, providing safe and stable fresh supply for the Jingzhen market.
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