Title: Tea Safety Issues in Field Production in China and their Countermeasures
Abstract: This paper outlined the kinds of tea quality issues during tea production in fields and their affecting factors and explored some of the control measures. The exceeding standard limits of pesticides residue and the heavy metal and fluorine content were the main tea quality issues. The disqualification of the environment of tea planting areas,improper use of pesticides and fertilizers,and unreasonable tea plucking standards were the main causes of these safety issues. The countermeasures would include strengthening monitoring and improvement of the environment of tea planting areas,strengthening ecological control measures to pests and diseases,reducing the use of chemical pesticides,strengthening the research and development of new pesticides and their efficient use technology,strengthening the fertilizer management and increasing their use efficiency,and establishing and strengthening the tea quality traceability system. Meanwhile,the tea production regulations and tea quality standards should be improved.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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