Traditional coconut products such as copra, coconut oil and
desiccated coconut rely heavily on international markets for their
trade. Similarly new value-added coconut products like canned, frozen
and spray-dried coconut milk, coconut juice etc. are also dependent on
foreign market. Quality control problems including aflatoxin levels in
copra & copra meal and the presence of microorganisms in other
coconut products resulted in numerous complaints from buyers. Some of
the major quality control issues in coconut products are . . .