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| Cambodian rice bags at a store in Long Beach, California in May 2011. (Photo: Angkor International LLC) |
Tuesday, 02 August 2011
Poch Reasey, VOA Khmer | Washington
"Thanks to state-of-the-art machines and the selection of crops we can now guarantee the consistent quality of our rice."
Cambodian rice imports to the US have increased recently, and producers now say they are seeking to maintain quality standards to continue shipments.
“Cambodian rice was imported into the US before, but the companies couldn’t sustain the quality of rice after the initial shipment,” Phanarith An, who works with rice importer Angkor International, said as a guest on “Hello VOA” Monday. “So customers complained and the companies went out of business.”
“Thanks to state-of-the-art machines and the selection of crops,” he said, “we can now guarantee the consistent quality of our rice."
Only two other companies import Cambodian rice to the US aside from Angkor International: the Imperial Rina Group and Angkor Trading. All three have had to maintain tough standards from the US Food and Drug Administration.
Imperial Rina’s Serivuth Ben told “Hello VOA” that Cambodia now has the capability to produce top-quality rice. His company’s Cambodian partner, Loran, Inc., has hired an international company that “inspects the quality of our rice to make sure it will pass the FDA’s high standards,” he said.
Both Angkor International and Imperial Rina bring rice to grocery stores in California, while Angkor Trading sells its rice in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. All three companies are hoping to expand to more US states in the future.
8 comments:
Chuoy tinh khmer rice doch chuoy yuon,dor-del chea dor-del...keu deubey yuon .
Pi Knhom
Som kom SUPPORT RICE KHMER = RICE YUON.
$$$ pi rice khmer nis kmean dol day khmer tae!!!
Pour ah CPP bork prass taeng sorp,...rice....srey KARAOKE....etc...
$$$ Rice khmer nis keu chuoy ah CPP.
AH CPP,profifit tous les moyen pour avoir le gros de $$$$$$$$$$$$$ et pour sauver son partie VNPP,en réalité ce n'est pas CPP.
Cambodia is a fake state;it is
fully control by the Vietnam govt.
So,everything in Cambodia belongs
to Vietnam.
Cambodia,king,Hun Sen,and the rest
of them are ghosts.
The farmers are Khmer,but the
products are for Vietnam govt.
To people who posted comments above. So you ask us not to buy(support) Khmer Rice, so we should buy Thai or Youn Rice instead? Or else not to eat rice at all???
IT IS NOT KHMER RICE !
IT IS CPP RICE OR VIETCONG PP RICE!!!!!!!!!
FOR ME NO SUPPORT.
please be unite all our people fighting no good for all
Dear compatriot:
I know some of you might don't like the current govement of Cambodia. But if you all are Khmer, you should be proud to see product of Cambodia in the glob market. You know, at least 80% of Cambodian are farmers and they are all Khmer. Those people are the one who grow rice. If the rice have been increased in demand at least Khmer farmers will feel good that their product can be exported and meet the international standard. And I believed they should share some of this benefit much or less. I am talking from my heart, the heart of Khmer. I hope if you are Khmer should reconsidered this and just be fair enough to judge something not just talk from the anger.
Regards,
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