Tighter controls over Chilean blueberries

THE Chilean Berry Committee from ASOEX, the country's fruit and vegetable exporters' association, is to continue working on the competitiveness of the industry a year after it was created. Regulations across international markets are becoming stricter and exported fruit must be of an excellent quality when it reaches consumers.

The committee will continue to carry out its work with the Foundation for Fruit Development (FDF) with an intense programme of "diffusion and transference" in order to improve management of fresh blueberries for export.