Pineapple - A symbol of hospitality since Elizabethan times when returning seafarers would place one on the fence post to indicate that the voyager was at home and receiving visitors, the pineapple was "discovered" by Columbus when Caribbean islanders shared the fruit they had been cultivating for ...
Chinese consumers are poised to soon taste a wider variety of imported fresh fruit options, according to announcements and policy updates at the beginning of the month by the Chinese government department in charge of food imports and quarantine. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Insp...
For example, as to fresh cherries in Item 08.09, Grades XL, JJ and JJJ are selective for those produced in Chile, Australia and New Zealand, while Grades 8.5ROW, 9ROW and 9.5ROW available for those from USA and Can...
The authoritative list of what fruits from what regions can be imported into China is maintained by the General Administration of Quality Inspection, Supervision and Quarantine (AQSIQ). The agency periodically posts updates to the list on its website.
there is a strong demand for frozen fruits for use in traditional desserts and snacks. In China, the market is driven by the popularity of imported fruits and the increasing trend of healthy snacking. Additionally, regulatory restrictions on imports and exports in certain countries can impact the...
In this study, 150 food samples were analyzed by ion chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (IC-MS/MS) to determine the concentrations of perchlorate in imported and domestic fruits and vegetables available from retail outlets in Ottawa, Canada. Perchlorate was found in most of the tested food ...
As I’ve grown older, my fixation on exotic (奇异的) fruit has intensified — the weirder, the better. The disadvantage of being an armchair pomologist (果树栽培学家) in Canada is that most of our fresh fruit is imported. The silver lining is that almost everything in my local stores...
ROYAL RAISINS In the mid–19th century, Queen Victoria's court enjoyed raisins imported from South Africa. When Queen Victoria opened the gardens of Hampton Court to the general public in 1838, the main attraction was a grapevine planted 100 years earlier in Queen Mary's Exotic Plant collection...
the widely use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in China have caused a rise in prices and lack of confidence for local fruits in China. Some of the middle class and wealthy people in China have already begun buying fruits imported from America, both in supermarkets and on the Internet,...
and was initially rather expensive. Efforts to grow the mangosteen in the US and Canada have not been very successful, so most are imported from Thailand. With its thick purple skin and white segmented pulp it is certainly an interesting fruit that has potential for aesthetic use in a fancy ...