Hot Water Treatment
Hot water treatment is a controlled postharvest process in which mangoes are exposed to a specified water temperature for a specified time. Commercial protocols may target insect quarantine requirements or decay management, and the schedules are not interchangeable. Fruit size, maturity, equipment control, and the approved protocol affect safety and quality. Excess heat can scald fruit or disrupt ripening. It is not a general instruction to soak homegrown mangoes in hot water or a substitute for required phytosanitary certification.