Vietnam: Chinese milk grapes were found to contain toxic substances in Thailand

Published 2024년 10월 31일

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Thailand has found that Chinese Shine Muscat grapes contain banned toxic substances, with most samples exceeding safe pesticide levels, leading to decreased sales in Vietnam due to consumer concerns. This issue has sparked discussions on social media, highlighting the risks associated with these popular, low-cost grapes. Vietnam, which imports a significant amount of fruits from China, including grapes, subjects all shipments to plant quarantine and varying levels of food safety testing based on risk. The Plant Protection Department is being consulted for more information on import control measures.

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Thailand has just discovered a series of Chinese milk grapes containing toxic banned substances. Notably, this delicious "noble" grape is being sold in abundance in Vietnamese markets, the cheapest of which is only over 20,000 VND/kg. Recently, the Thai Pesticide Alert Network (Thai-PAN) has issued a warning about milk grape contamination after discovering that most of the collected fruit samples contained toxic chemical residues exceeding the maximum allowable level. The agency had previously purchased 24 popular grape samples from various locations in early October. As a result, 23/24 Shine Muscat grape samples (milk grapes) tested were found to be contaminated with toxic substances. Of these, 9 milk grape samples were identified as imported from China, while the origin of the remaining 15 samples was unknown. "We were quite shocked to see that 23 out of 24 samples had pesticide residues exceeding the permitted limit," said Prokchon Usap, coordinator of Thai-PAN. Notably, ...

Source: 24h newspaper