Ecuador: Closer to achieving access to soursop in the US

To find out the current situation of soursop cultivation in Ecuador, we spoke with Daniel Ortega, president of the Association of Organic Soursop Producers of Ecuador (Asoguanábana), who commented that to date it has not been possible to open the United States market. Joined. “We have made progress, but the processes of opening phytosanitary protocols with USDA are long,” he said. Ortega indicated that until now they have been told that the fruit must enter, due to pest management, through irradiation, "therefore, we will not be able to enter with our organic product, since we can reach the port with the fruit. organic but once irradiation is exposed, it is marketed within the country as non-organic.” Asked about the missing steps, the president of the association commented that the official opening occurs when the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) publishes the phytosanitary protocol and that has not yet happened. “And according to the national authority it will happen within ...