He pili loa ka ʻōpala meaʻai i ka palekana o ka meaʻai. ʻO ka ʻōpala meaʻai kūpono ke kihi o ka palekana o ka meaʻai, ʻo ka ʻōpala meaʻai kahi hōʻoia koʻikoʻi o ka palekana o ka meaʻai. ʻO ka ʻōpala meaʻai olakino a kūpono wale nō ke hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke hoʻopukapuka palekana i ka mākeke mea kūʻai. I ka manawa like, ʻo ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻōpala meaʻai kahi loulou koʻikoʻi e mālama ai i ka palekana o ka ʻōpala meaʻai. Pono nā ʻoihana, ka General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine a me kāna mau keʻena pili e makaʻala i ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻōpala meaʻai, hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kaʻina hana nānā ʻana i ka ʻōpala meaʻai, pale i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā pilikia palekana o ka meaʻai, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hilinaʻi o ka mea kūʻai, i mea e hōʻoia ai i ka palekana o ka mākeke meaʻai Kina a hana i kahi kahawai meaʻai ʻōmaʻomaʻo olakino, palekana a hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia.
Me ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka ʻoihana meaʻai, ke piʻi wikiwiki nei hoʻi ka ʻike ʻenehana o ka ʻōpala meaʻai. Hoʻolohe mākou i ka pono, ka nani, ka maʻalahi a me ka wikiwiki o ka ʻōpala huahana, akā e nānā nui aku hoʻi i ka palekana o ka ʻōpala huahana, ma o nā ʻano ʻepekema a me nā ʻenehana a me nā kahawai, e hoʻomaopopo, nānā a nānā i ka palekana o nā huahana. I ka ʻoihana mea inu, ma ke ʻano he huahana mea kūʻai kiʻekiʻe, he wai lele ʻo baijiu ponoʻī, no laila pono mākou e nānā nui aku i kona palekana a me ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻōpala, e hana i kahi ʻano hoʻohana maikaʻi no nā mea kūʻai, e ʻoluʻolu i nā mea kūʻai i ke kūʻai ʻana a me ka inu ʻana, a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike o ka moʻomeheu ʻoihana a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka brand. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana hope loa o ka hana waho o ka meaʻai, ʻo ka ʻōpala meaʻai ke ʻano o ka hiki ʻole ke ʻai ʻia i ka makemake. ʻO ka ʻōpala meaʻai ka hōʻoia o ka palekana o ka meaʻai, no laila ʻo ke apo ʻōpala ka hana meaʻai koʻikoʻi loa.
He mana nui ko ka ʻōpala meaʻai i nā waiwai kino a me nā kemika o ka meaʻai. I ka ʻōpala meaʻai, pono mākou e makaʻala i ka mālama ʻana i nā waiwai antioxidant, pale i ka makū, pale i ka wela nui, ea, pale wela a me nā waiwai mahana mau o ka meaʻai. Eia kekahi, he hopena koʻikoʻi ka ʻōpala meaʻai i ka maʻemaʻe o ka meaʻai. No laila, pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hoʻohui a i ʻole nā mea ʻino i ka ʻōpala meaʻai, i mea e pale aku ai i nā hopena kemika me ka meaʻai, e hoʻoulu ai i nā hopena ʻino koʻikoʻi i nā mea kūʻai, a hōʻino i ke olakino o ka mea kūʻai.