Strict food safety measures have been implemented as Peruvian avocado producers prepare to pack and ship up to 200 million pounds of high-quality fruit to the U.S. between June and September.
Xavier Equihua and the Washington, D.C.-based Peruvian Avocado Commission have earned a reputation for innovation when it comes to promoting avocados from Peru.
For years, avocado suppliers have been implementing ripening programs and encouraging retailers to offer fruit that shoppers can enjoy right away or within a couple of days.
Sales of bagged avocados seem to have taken off since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and suppliers of Peruvian fruit say there are a couple of reasons why.
As the volume of fresh produce transported between North America and South America increases, Sealand is working to “streamline and effectively deliver an unbreakable end-to-end avocado cold chain journey.”
Moving fresh asparagus from Peru to the U.S. is increasingly costly and challenging, and shipping the vegetable from importers’ warehouses to customers’ distribution centers in the U.S. isn’t a piece of cake.
