Khmer Times/Sok Chan

Officials from China will arrive in Cambodia soon to audit and evaluate rice producing companies and to check warehouses. Officials from China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) will soon arrive and carry out auditing and evaluation of registered rice producing companies, rice processors and warehouses, a senior official from the General Department of Agriculture said after a meeting with Cambodia Rice Federation members yesterday.

Hean Vanhan, the agriculture deputy director general of the ministry, said the ministry had sent the first registration list of producers and processors of Cambodia rice to be exported to China. However, Chinese rice authorities will re-check and re-audit those registered as producers and processors of Cambodian rice before starting imports.

“On behalf of the government, we always guide all Cambodian rice producers and processors to clean themselves by sticking the phyto-sanitary sign in all places in the warehouse and on rice milling machines,” Mr. Vanhan said. “It is to make sure that the agriculture ministry awards export contracts to China and we also want them to get business after the Chinese auditing and evaluation.”

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The last couple years Cambodia has beaten Thailand in the Jasmine Rice quality & Consistency.........I brought back 2 5kg bags Jasmine Rice last week.......my now go to rice. was even cheaper by alot.