Guangxi responds to the "soaked citrus" incident: standardizing fruit preservation does not affect health
China News Service, Nanning, March 16 (Reporter Lin Hao) In response to the "soaking medicine wo mandarin" incident reported by the media a few days ago, on the evening of March 15, Guangxi Nanning Agriculture and Rural Bureau responded that Wo mandarin is a shelf-stable fruit. It can be kept fresh on the tree for up to 5 months, and it can be stored for more than 1 month at room temperature without any treatment after harvest.
If you need to extend the preservation period, you can go through the washing and processing links after picking. The conventionally used imazalil and prochloraz are all preservatives approved and registered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Health does not constitute an impact.
Recently, some media reported that in Wuming District, Nanning City, Guangxi, the main producing area of fertile oranges, some fruit merchants arbitrarily increased the dilution concentration of sterilizing pesticides in order to ensure the quality of fertile oranges, and the safety interval after soaking was ignored. It is directly marketed without storage, and fruit growers say that they never eat it.
In this regard, the Nanning Municipal Agriculture and Rural Bureau stated that according to the "Technical Regulations for Harvesting, Fresh-keeping, Storage and Transportation of Wo Mandarin" issued by the Guangxi Market Supervision Bureau and the "Technical Guidelines for the Production of Wuming Wo Mandarin" issued by Wuming, Wo Mandarin production enterprises strictly implement Relevant technical regulations, production standardization and standardization, the local fertile orange industry continues to develop in a healthy manner.
It is reported that since the introduction of Wo mandarin plantation in 2012, Wuming Wo mandarin plantation area has reached 460,000 mu, which is the county with the largest area of Wo mandarin planting in the country, with an output of more than 1 million tons and an output value of more than 10 billion yuan.
At present, "Wu Ming Wo Tang" has been approved to use the national geographical indication certification mark, and it has been exported to Canada, Russia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and other countries. The product quality has passed various strict inspections and quarantine.
Nanning Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs stated that Nanning’s agricultural and rural areas, market supervision and other departments will continue to strengthen the quality and safety supervision of agricultural products, carry out supervision and random inspections and risk monitoring, to ensure the quality and safety of the entire process of citrus production and sales, and to ensure the safety on the tip of the tongue.
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