Lam Dong: Proposal to negotiate additional measures to heat treat dragon fruit

Previously, the Binh Thuan Dragon Fruit Association had proposed that relevant authorities negotiate with the United States to allow Vietnam to use heat treatment for fresh dragon fruit when exporting to this market. Specifically, the province currently has a dragon fruit heat treatment facility (Fire Fruit Asia Company headquartered in Ham Kiem Industrial Park) that has been accepted by Korea and Japan. Heat treatment helps preserve dragon fruit better, while reducing costs for businesses in transportation.

Currently, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of the province also requested the People's Committees of dragon fruit producing communes to closely monitor the dragon fruit growing areas that have been assigned codes to the People's Committees of the communes in order to regularly maintain the codes according to the requirements of the importing country. Along with that, review the dragon fruit growing areas in the business stage in the locality that are eligible to register growing areas, but have not yet established a profile to issue export growing area codes (GLAs). Localities need to strictly manage the authorization of using GLAs for packaging facilities; avoid cases of authorizing businesses that do not meet actual needs, causing difficulties for exporting and consuming dragon fruit. Because currently, the GLAs exported to the Chinese market are jointly owned by the commune.

The leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Environment also requested that growing areas and packaging facilities strictly comply with the regulations of the importing country and the instructions of the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection for the export of fresh fruit; especially the management of harmful organisms and pesticide residues...

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