Chinese potato "out the door" red soil mix for masquerading

Mix red soil on potato as acts "commercial fraud"

Faced with China's potato Dalat guise, recently, Lam Dong People's Committee had written to direct local authorities in this enhanced inspection behavioral treatment "commercial fraud" for with crops on.

Chinese potato "disguised" Dalat potatoes. Photographs in agricultural products wholesale market in Thu Duc (Photo: Dieu Phan)

Specifically, the Committee requested the Department of Industry and Trade in collaboration with provincial police to closely examine the origin, invoices, vouchers of potatoes into the province does not guarantee the quality, there is no clear origin for processing according to the law.

Besides, Lam Dong asked to identify the motives of behavior of Dalat red soil mixed into potato China before going to the consumption of a number of business establishments in the city of Dalat.

Lam Dong Province to direct the application of operational measures to inspect and handle acts of "commercial fraud" China selling fake potato potato Dalat.

Therefore, Lam Dong province suggest the relevant units should quickly build recognition criteria potatoes with potato Dalat China to widely announce to the people and the traders are known.

China still overflowing potato market

Survey of One World, at the markets in the city as a wholesale market in Thu Duc, Thanh My Loi Market (District 2), Tang Nhon Phu Market (District 9), Thi Nghe Market (Binh Thanh District) .... Chinese potatoes are sold rampant. Fluctuating prices in the retail market are mainly from 15000-25000 / kg.

According to some traders, the cause of potato China market is flooded by cheap and potato rows have steadily throughout the year, while potato Dalat often higher priced but rare goods. The time of harvest of potato season Dalat before and after Tet. At that time only price Dalat potatoes around 10,000 dong per kilo, tubers large, beautiful, large output that nobody goes faked Chinese goods into domestic potato.

Therefore, in the market, the state has long appeared many traders enter the potatoes, then rinse black soil layer of potato China and coated red soil of Dalat up. This took place long ago, but could not because the owners have banned all papers presented. On the other hand, can not say the "guise" is manifest commercial fraud because they insisted this was China potato.

Meanwhile, as ordinary buyers, traders in the market were said potato is potato Dalat. Thus, with labels Dalat potatoes, the prices of agricultural products increased 3 to 4 times. Meanwhile, buyers are often difficult to distinguish what is Chinese potato, and where the potato Dalat by appearance look very similar.

Differentiation

To distinguish the Chinese potato, vegetable Protection Lam Dong has published features visual identity to consumers is unclear.

Accordingly, with red skin potatoes, while potato China big, long, uniform size, thick crust, on the shells of tiny dots, eyes large tubers, potato intestine is too dark, the potato Dalat tubers moderate, oval or round, less uniform, thin crust so prone to scratches, small eyes and small tubers, light yellow intestine.

How to recognize the same for yellow skin potatoes. However, yellow skin potato bowel China yellowish white, and bowel Dalat yellow potatoes, nursery. If fingers glide over the surface of potato cut China saw more domestic potato, potato Dalat still dry.

Besides, according to some traders in agricultural products wholesale markets Binh Dien, the most recognizable characteristic is the potato skins thinner Dalat often badly scratched right after harvest and during packing, transport switch.

In addition, Chinese potato tuber size very well, almost as an absolute 10 bulbs, tubers were longer Dalat potato, potato peel smooth, little scratches. Another feature to identify the varieties of Chinese have eyes bigger than potato tubers in Dalat.