Implementing orchard control and improving quality management, Rao Qingling (fifth from left) hopes to expand the Chinese market for farmers.

(Photo by reporter Chen Xianyi)

[Reporter Chen Xianyi/Taitung Report] In late September 2021, China used scale insects as an excuse to unilaterally announce the ban on the import of pineapples from Taitung. With the goal of "zero detection of harmful organisms" and "pesticide compliance with safe use of pesticides", the production and sales history system has been implemented, and the quarantine management regulations have been drafted in cooperation with Taitung University to solve the problem of harmful organisms from the source. Deputy county magistrate Wang Zhi will lead a delegation to the area on the 22nd. Beijing stated that it hopes to resume export sales and re-create the Chinese market for farmers.

Rao Qingling, the county magistrate, said that in addition to subsidizing the production and marketing teams and cooperatives, a total of 109 air compressors have been sprayed to eliminate mealworms in the past two years. They are also discussing the specific actions of clearing the production area and strict quality control at the collection yard. If a standard is established, an official response will be obtained. , follow-up guidance will be implemented to implement the production strategy of high-quality pineapple custard fruit and the management method of the collection yard, take good care of the quality of the fruit, hope to have good quality as the backing, restart export to mainland China, and continue to develop domestic and export markets and expand online and Entity channel sales points, strive for every opportunity to increase sales, and stabilize farmers' livelihoods.

Please read on...

The Department of Agriculture stated that starting from September 2022, it will cooperate with Dongda University to carry out the "Taitung Pineapple Sakyamuni Field and Collection Environment Research and Improvement Project", and select 3 collection yards from the Rift Valley Line, the South Circuit Line and the Sea Line as the experimental objects. Test according to the specification.

This year, a relatively strict "Taiwan pineapple custard (Annona × atemoya) export to China inspection and quarantine management regulations" was formulated, and the results showed that the removal rate of mealworms can reach more than 99%.

According to the Department of Agriculture, such a good performance is due to the use of pineapple custards that have passed the verification of production and sales history, and the standardization of the time for each fruit to be sprayed with an air compressor to remove powdery scale insects, and the packaging area and cleaning area should be separated. To avoid secondary pollution, it is hoped that after the problem of quarantine of mealworms is resolved, pineapple custard can resume exporting to China smoothly.

The packaging area and cleaning area are separated to avoid secondary pollution, and the quality control of Taitung pineapple custard is upgraded.

(Photo by reporter Chen Xianyi)