Information on 17 shipments (nearly 300 tons of tangerines, carrots, fresh grapes, lemons, persimmons, apples, oranges and white radishes) imported from China (China) were found to have pesticide residues exceeding Vietnam’s excessive regulations make consumers worried.
Ms. Van Ngoc – Tam Binh wholesale market trader, Ms. Ngoc Huong – head of the fruit industry at Ba Chieu market and Mr. Phan Anh Tuan, representative of Hoc Mon market management board (HCMC) instruct how to identify fruits China through some of the following signs:
– Vietnam: has pulp, leaf stalks are usually intact, sometimes there are radiating roots surrounding the tuber. The tubers are small, light yellow in color, uneven in size, and not plump.
– TQ: no pulp, dark orange, bright. The size is large, smooth and the tubers are quite even. Leaves are often trimmed or cut clean.
Pink:
– Vietnam: the fruit has a round, flat shape (like a chicken egg), the stem has many black spots, no grooves. The peel is pale in color and has dark spots. The fruit size is small and the color is uneven.
– TQ: fruit is round, large, flat, slightly square, with four notches. Large and even size. The shell is beautiful, shiny, bright orange red, and usually has no scratches.
– Vietnam: Phan Rang grapes are usually small, red or light purple in color, berries, firm and hard to the touch. The rolls are very fresh, the bunches are short. Strong sour taste.
– American: darker skin, elongated, sweet taste, crispy, very few or no seeds.
– TQ: round, large fruit, often stored in a cooler. The fruit is light purple in color, with a layer of opaque white powder. The intestines have many seeds and are soft. Slightly sour taste.
Orange:
– Vietnam: Vinh oranges are round, small, yellow-green in color, the peel is often melasma.
– America, Australia or South Africa: orange peel color is lighter than Chinese oranges but the peel surface is thicker, stretchier, and rougher. The price of American oranges at Hoc Mon wholesale market is currently 56,000 VND/kg.
– China: only available seasonally, from around October of the lunar calendar to Tet. The fruit is large, the fruit has a dark color, the skin is thin, the skin surface is smooth, the stem is slightly pointed and the bottom of the fruit is slightly bulbous; Sometimes even branches and leaves are included. Seedless.
Apple:
– American: American green apples have dark green skin, are crunchy and sweet. American red apples often have even edges, so they are easy to display and shape beautifully; glossy leather surface.
– China: Chinese green apples have light green skin, almost green and white, and have an astringent taste. Red apples (also known as five-cornered apples) are often of different sizes, with uneven angles, so when placed upright they often tilt. Fuji apples, often confused by users as Japanese apples, have a light red color, are uneven on the entire surface, and are not shiny. There is also a type called green sugar apple, similar in appearance to Fuji apples, light pink in color. This is the cheapest Chinese apple.
Tangerine:
– Vietnam: usually during Tet, only a very small amount is grown in the Lam Dong region, called Tieu tangerine, with large, yellow fruit. Tangerines have thin skin and are often melasma.
– China: small fruit, thick skin, dark yellow color, often called “Thai tangerine”. This type of tangerine is difficult to grow and can only survive in cold climates. Therefore, when transported to Vietnam, tangerines are often packed in cold boxes.
