PETALING JAYA: A viral photo allegedly showing Musang King durians being rejected for export to China due to high levels of insecticide has been rubbished by a local food blogger. It was also reported that Malaysian durians are only harvested once they have fallen from their branches and therefore have a short shelf life. Therefore, Malaysian durians would not last a return trip from Malaysia to China and back again. The report also questioned why durian traders would transport the rejected durians back to Raub and Bentong to sell at a lower cost, as claimed in the viral message. It explained that the lower durian prices in the two areas were because of their proximity to durian orchards.

Source: The Star November 18, 2017 14:03 UTC