With this approval, Taiwan becomes the first Asian country allowed to export guavas to the US, the council’s Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine said. The bureau is required to check the guava farms 30 days before harvest and ensure that the examination procedure is documented and can be retroactively tracked, it said. The US agency also lists maximum allowable residue of pesticides, packaging and delivery requirements, and quarantine standards preventing fruit flies, it said. The work plan did not impose any limit on the amount of guavas that could be imported, and that the amount imported would depend on demand, Weng said. Taiwan’s fresh guavas have been sold to China, Singapore, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Canada and other regions, she added.

Source: Taipei Times October 25, 2019 15:56 UTC