Strawberries exported from Japan to Taiwan repeatedly detected excessive pesticides

Published 2022년 4월 1일

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Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration has announced that nine more batches of strawberries imported from Japan have been found to contain pesticides exceeding the permitted limit, bringing the total weight to 341.74 kilograms. These batches, imported by Shangjia Fruit Co., Ltd. from Japan's Kumamoto and Fukuoka prefectures, contain the pesticides Kefanpai and Flunidamide, which are allowed in Japan but not in Taiwan. The administration has reached out to Japan for clarification and is considering further action, such as embargoes, after 35 batches of Japanese strawberries have failed to meet Taiwan's standards in the past six months.

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According to Taiwan media sources, Taiwan's "Food and Drug Administration" announced on March 29 that 9 more batches of imported strawberries from Japan were detected with pesticides exceeding the standard, with a total weight of 341.74 kilograms. Zhou has already sent a letter to the Japanese side to clarify before May 6, and is still waiting for a response. Lin Xuyang, deputy director of the North District Management Center of Taiwan's "Food and Drug Administration", said that together with the illegal items this week, 35 batches of Japanese fresh strawberries have failed to meet the regulations in the past six months. Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration said that the nine batches of strawberries were imported by Shangjia Fruit Co., Ltd. from Yumei Village Fruit Co., Ltd. and produced in Kumamoto and Fukuoka, Japan. Lin Xuyang said that Japanese strawberry pesticides exceeded the standard mainly due to the detection of two pesticide residues, Kefanpai and Flunidamide. Japan ...

Source: Guojiguoshu