Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-06
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Cake Festival, is less than two weeks away. Taiwanese 
experts and opinion leaders have recently advised consumers to buy locally-produced products, which usually contain fewer preservatives than their imported counterparts or even none, with the latter requiring a much longer shelf-life after days or weeks of air or sea transportation.
Held on the 15th day of the eighth month in lunar calendar, the festival is a harvest festival celebrated by Taiwanese, ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese people. This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 15. On the night of the full moon, people get together with their family and eat moon cakes and pomelos.
As food additives are among top food safety concerns, Taiwanese consumers spend more time on reading labels before purchasing or consuming food products. A preservative is reasonable in formula, is convenient to use and can prolong the shelf life of moon cakes by 35 days or longer, which is common among moon cake products intended for exports. [FULL STORY]
