Proper storage for fruits and veggies

21 January 2011 09:26 am

All fruits and vegetables will have to be stored in plastic, hard paper or wood containers when they are being transported, Minister of Internal Trade and Cooperatives Johnston Fernando said today.

“All parties engaging in transporting fruits and vegetables will have to store them in plastic, hard paper or wood containers to reduce wastage,” Minister Fernando said.

According to him millions worth of fruit and vegetables are disposed due to their inadequate storage in transport.

Minister Fernando said the traders and middlemen charged the consumers for their vegetable and fruit wastage by including it in the price of a vegetable and fruit. (Sumaiya Rizvi)