Peru: Inacal approves lemon quality requirements

The National Institute of Quality (Inacal) promotes the use of the Peruvian Technical Standard that establishes quality requirements that the lemon must meet, in its fresh state, with the purpose of improving the quality standards of this citrus fruit and promoting its sale in the local and international market. The lemon grows in the north of Peru, mainly in the departments of Piura, Lambayeque and Tumbes; which have the greatest productive and distribution capacity of this citrus fruit, highly required in Peruvian gastronomy and pastries, due to its abundant juice and acidity, which concentrates a large amount of vitamin C, and flavonoids, natural pigments that protect the body from damage caused by oxidizing agents, the same ones that help strengthen the immune system. "It is important that producers take into account the technical specifications that their products must meet to enhance their development in the market by applying quality standards in the production chain, since ...