Tea Quality and Safety Become the Focus of the Second Tea Industry Conference

On September 19-20, the Second Tea Industry Conference, hosted by the China Agricultural International Cooperation Promotion Association, was held at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, local agricultural departments such as the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Agriculture, Chinese and foreign industry associations, and Chinese and foreign tea enterprises attended the conference. Tea industry standards and quality safety became the focus of discussion.

Experts put forward suggestions for improving tea quality and safety from perspectives such as traceability management in the tea industry and innovation in regulatory methods, as well as methods for reducing pesticide residues in tea through the rational use of pesticides and strengthened field management. The conference also held an awarding ceremony for the first batch of 10 bases recognized as “National Ecological Tea Garden Demonstration Bases” initiated by the Tea Industry Committee of the China Agricultural International Cooperation Promotion Association.