Qilu Network Lightning News, September 17, the 22nd Binzhou Jujube Festival Press Conference and Launching Ceremony was held in Jinan today. The lightning news reporter learned that the greenhouse dipped winter dates were successively picked and listed in mid-September, and the field winter dates were successively picked and listed in early October, with a shelf life of only about 90 days, and the winter dates listed and sold outside this period and the winter dates sold on the Internet in the spot manner are not authentic dipped winter dates.
At the press conference, a reporter asked whether the dipped winter jujube is a kind of fresh fruit with a late ripening period, which can be listed one after another at the end of September and the beginning of October every year, but in June and July of each year, there are vendors selling "dipped winter jujube" in various fruit wholesale markets, shopping malls, supermarkets, etc. If consumers identify authentic dipped winter dates? How does the Consumer Association protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers?
Han Binghui, deputy mayor of Binzhou City, said that The winter jujube is a treasure in the jujube planted in accordance with the standardized production technical regulations within the geographical scope of Binzhou City, with a late maturity and strong seasonality. Consumers identify authentic dipped winter dates mainly as follows:
In terms of ripening time, the dipped winter jujube naturally matures in October every year, during which the cold dew festival is in place, because its maturity period is relatively late and close to the beginning of winter, so it is called "winter jujube", as the saying goes: "cold dew solstice, winter jujube ripe".
In the shape of the fruit, the fruit of the dipped winter jujube is round or flat, the average single fruit weighs 14.6 grams, the fruit surface is flat, the skin is thin, and it is known as "small apple".
In terms of taste, the flesh of the dipped winter jujube is milky white, crisp and tender and juicy, the food is slag-free, sweet and fragrant, rich in nutrients, the soluble solids are more than 25%, and the brittleness is 9-11 kg/cm².
On the product packaging. This year, in order to protect the brand of dipped winter jujube, the jujube association invited experts to uniformly design and package, including the "dipped winter jujube" certification trademark, the "People's Republic of China geographical indication" special logo, the dipped jujube mascot "dip" and "chemical" cartoon image and other graphic elements, calling on the majority of winter jujube sales enterprises, professional cooperatives, and large growers to use the jujube during the winter jujube sales period.
Han Binghui reminded consumers that the greenhouse dipped winter dates were successively picked and listed in mid-September, and the field winter dates were picked and listed in early October, and the shelf life of fresh dates was only about 90 days, and the winter dates sold outside this period (winter dates sold in spot on the Internet) were not authentic dipped winter dates. When purchasing dipped winter dates, consumers should understand and grasp the time to market and identify the characteristics of dip winter dates, polish their eyes, and purchase correctly.
Lightning News reporter He Zewei reports