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Quality standard grades for Mexican mangoes and application methodology.

Baez-Sanudo, R.; Bringas-Taddei, E.; Rodriguez-Felix, A.;

Journal of Applied Horticulture (Lucknow) Year: 1999 Vol: 1 Issue: 1 Pages: 5-10 Ref: 4 ref.

1999

บทคัดย่อ

Application of quality standards for grades of fresh fruits and vegetables in Mexico are non-restrictive, but when Mexican produce is exported, there is a need to comply with quality standards imposed by the country of entry. However, there are some private Mexican companies that have their own standards to sell high quality products. In 1995, Mexico exported above 30 million boxes of mangoes without any quality standards. At that time, any grower could export fresh mangoes without restriction on quality, negatively affecting the image of Mexican mangoes. Trying to solve this problem, the Mexican Mango Exporters Association (EMEX, A.C.) solicited the Research Centre in Food and Development to establish quality standard grades for fresh mangoes, including maturity index of main cultivars, postharvest behaviour, and other characteristics, such as injuries, defects and tolerances accorded by EMEX, in order to improve quality and to unify mango marketing. Personnel were trained to introduce the mang

o quality standard grades. These personnel or inspectors were called "Quality promoters" to avoid the restrictive meaning of inspection. In addition to mango quality standard grades, a training manual was published including sampling and analytical techniques for mango fruits. During the mango producing seasons of 1996 and 1997, quality promoters made observations and generated suggestions to mango exporters and packinghouse workers to improve fruit quality.