Long An operates lemon processing and packaging lines

Long An industrial promotion center has just put into operation the model of processing, sorting and packing lemon products after harvest with a capacity of 20 tons / day, at the household of Mr. Nguyen Van Chien in hamlet 7, Luong commune Hòa (Bến Lức district).

This line has a total cost of over 2 billion VND, in which local industrial promotion source supports 100 million VND, the rest is invested by Mr. Chien family.

The above model includes items: workshop, conveyor, lemon washer, spraying line for preservation and drying, sorting and packaging machines.

Advantages of lemon processing and packaging system to shorten processing time, replace manual labor for post-harvest stages such as washing, sorting, preserving and packaging .

Specifically, with an output of 20 tons / day, 20 employees only take 7 hours / day. Not only that, product quality is fresh, better, eliminating mold, bacteria and long preservation time, stable consumption.

Meanwhile, if processed manually with a yield of 20 tons / day and with 20 workers, it takes up to 14 hours / day; At the same time, do not eliminate mold, bacteria, short storage time .

With lemon processing line system, contributing to improving product quality, ensuring food safety and hygiene, increasing preservation time, serving the demand of expanding domestic and foreign markets.

Long An province has an area of ​​nearly 4,000 hectares, mainly concentrated in Ben Luc, Duc Hoa and Thu Thua districts, with an annual output of over 100 thousand tons.

Recently, lemon growers often face difficulties in price fluctuations due to limes with thin shells, long-term preservation, transportation is difficult to lead to no export and mainly domestic consumption.

According to Long An Industrial Promotion Center, lemon processing and packaging line is the first model applied in the province. Therefore, with the advantages of this model, the Center will continue to replicate in the future.