In January 2016, Korea began rice exporting to China from six domestic Rice Processing Complexes (RPC). The appearance characteristics and quality of medium-short grain milled rice between the exported Korean rice was compared with Wuchang rice, which is known as high quality in Heilongjiang province in China, and the imported rice from Japan and Taiwan in Chinese circulating marketing. The 1000-grain weight of exported rice is 22.4g, which is similar to that of Chinese Wuchang rice, but it tended to be heavier than that of Japanese and Taiwanese. The rice type is round in exporting Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese rice while Chinese Wuchang rice is thin and long with 2.5. The head rice rate of export rice was 93.3 ~ 98.4%, which was 95.8% on average, which was higher than that of Chinese Wuchang rice, and similar to that of Japanese, and Taiwanese. The protein content of the export rice was 5.2 ~ 6.2%, which was 5.8% on average, similar to that of Chinese Wuchang rice, Japanese and Taiwanese. Amylose content was 18.5% of the exported rice, which was lower than that of Chinese Wuchang rice and slightly higher than that of Japanese and Taiwanese. The whiteness of the exported Korean rice was 35.6 on the average, lower than 41.8 of Chinese Wuchang rice, and lower than that of Japanese and Taiwanese. The purity of rice variety being exported ranged from 87.5 to 100.0%, which was 96.5% on average. This was much higher than that of Chinese Wuchang rice, while the Japanese and Taiwan rices were similar. The sensory test of rice by the experts, cooked rice of the exported was evaluated to be good for all items such as taste, sticky glutinous, and texture compared to Chinese Wuchang rice.

The short-grain rice cultivar Choochung with a rough rice moisture content of 21% was air-dried to equilibrate themoisture content to 15, 16, and 17%. After dehulling, brown rice was packaged for storage in laminated paper orLDPE/OPP plastic-film bags (10-kg size). After storage of the packaged rice kernels in plastic and paper bags at10, 15, and 20oC, the quality characteristics of the rice were evaluated weekly for 16 weeks. Serious losses in theinternal moisture content of the kernels were observed during storage in paper bags, regardless of the moisture con-tent of the kernels or the storage temperature. The plastic-film packaging was effective in maintaining the weightof the kernels for all treatments, but severe fat oxidation problems were encountered, especially when the initialmoisture content of the kernel was 17% and/or the storage temperature of the kernels was 20oC. Before two weeks,the fat acidity value of the kernels reached 20mL KOH/100g, a marginal limit for an acceptable taste of cookedrice. Based on this study, the recommended environment for the storage of brown rice for efficient economic storageof the kernels is an initial kernel moisture content of 16%, laminated plastic-film packaging, and a sub-refrigerationtemperature of 15oC.

단립종 100%, 장립종 100%, 단립종 50%와 팽화미분 50% 그리고 장립종 50%와 팽화미분 50%로 제조한 탁주의 pH, 산도, 단백질, 색도, 환원당, 총당, 알코올 그리고 관능성질을 조사하였다. 모든 시료의 pH는 발효 초기에 급격히 감소한 후 장립종 100%를 제외하고 서서히 상승하였다. 발효 2일 후 단립종은 장립종보다 그리고 팽화미분은 순 쌀보다 같거나 높았다(p < 0.05). 산도는 발효 시간 지낼수록 모든 시료에서 증가하였다. 장립종 100%는 단립종 100%보다 3일부터 그리고 장립종 50%는 단립종 50%보다 4일부터 높았다(p < 0.05). 모든 시료의 단백질은 1일에 증가한 후 감소하였고 팽화미분은 순 쌀과 같거나 높았다(p < 0.05). L값은 모든 시료에서 발효 초기에 증가한 후 감소하였다. 발효 4일부터 단립종은 장립종보다 그리고 3일부터 팽화미분은 순 쌀보다 L값이 낮았다. 담금 직후부터 순 쌀의 a값은 점점 감소하였고 팽화미분은 3일 때까지 증가하다가 감소하였다. 모든 시료의 b값은 발효 2와 3일에 최고값을 보인 후(p < 0.05) 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 담금 직후 팽화미분은 순 쌀보다 환원당이 훨씬 높았다. 순 쌀은 발효 1일에 증가한 후 감소하였고 팽화미분은 급격히 감소하였다. 총당은 환원당과 유사하였다. 알코올은 발효 2일까지 모든 시료에서 급격히 증가하였고 단립종은 장립종보다 그리고 팽화미분은 순 쌀보다 항상 높았다(p < 0.05). 단립종 100%와 장립종 100%는 1% 수준에서 유의적인 차이가 있었지만 선호도는 차이가 없었다. 단립종 50%와 장립종 50%는 유의적으로 차이가 없었다.