Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-09-26

A spokesperson for a company set up to boost Taiwan’s fruit exports has admitted more needs to be done in terms of quality control.

The Taiwan International Agricultural Development Company was set up at the end of last year to promote exports of Taiwan’s pineapples and bananas in particular.

Company spokesperson Chang Hao-chun admitted Tuesday that many local exporters do not have a proper handle on the ripeness of pineapples exported to Japan and Hong Kong. He also said that some exporters don’t ship their fruit in suitable wooden crates, in order to save costs. This leads to the pineapples on the bottom becoming easily squashed in transit, he said.

Chang said the company plans next year to set up a factory to produce word-class packaging for shipping pineapples.    [FULL  STORY]