Vietnamese passion fruit approved for export to the US

The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has just reached an important consensus with the US Department of Agriculture on the entry of a new Vietnamese fresh fruit, passion fruit, into the United States. In addition, the two sides agreed to diversify quarantine forms to reduce costs and enhance the competitiveness of Vietnamese fruits in the US market. When exporting fresh fruits to the United States, Vietnam must comply with the strict standards of the United States on food safety and plant quarantine. Each planting area and processing unit must meet different standards to ensure that there are no plant pesticide residues, no bacteria, trichomonas, mold and other microbial infections, and the harvesting work cannot affect the quality of the fruit. At the working meeting between the leaders of the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the US Department of Agriculture held in Washington, the capital of the United States, an important issue ...