Japan has opened up the import of Taiwanese red-fleshed dragon fruit

The early domestically cultivated red dragon fruits (pitaya) were mainly white-fleshed. As early as 1999, the white-fleshed red dragon fruit could be exported to Japan after steaming and heat insecticide treatment. However, the domestic cultivation of red-fleshed red dragon fruit is increasing day by day, even surpassing the white-fleshed varieties. , but has been unable to be sold to Japan. After 8 years of hard work by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan finally announced today (5th) that all varieties of red dragon fruits belonging to the genus Hylocereus (Hylocereus spp.) in China will be opened, including red flesh, purple flesh and hybrids. All species can be exported to Japan. Because China is an area where Oriental fruit flies and melon fruit flies occur, both white-fleshed and red-fleshed red dragon fruits are their hosts. In 1999, Japan agreed to import white-fleshed red dragon fruits from Taiwan after steaming and ...