Taiwan to intensify inspections of strawberries from Japan

Published 2022년 2월 24일

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Since the beginning of the week, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has started conducting batch-by-batch inspections on fresh strawberries imported from Japan due to the discovery of excessive pesticide residue in 15 shipments over the past three months. The FDA has also identified eight other products that have failed border inspections for containing prohibited preservatives, bleaches, or high pesticide residue levels, including cherries from Chile, sparkling dark grape juice from Australia, and strawberry biscuit sticks from Thailand. The Taipei Department of Health has reported a 23.1% failure rate in its recent pesticide residue testing on fresh fruit and vegetables, with a significant portion of the failed samples being strawberries and kumquats imported from Japan.

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Since the start of the week, fresh strawberries imported from Japan have been subject to batch-by-batch border inspections. The reason for this is to be found in the excessive levels of pesticide residues, found in 15 imported batches of the fruit over the past three months. Yesterday, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a list of eight items that failed its latest border inspections after they were found to contain excessive amounts of pesticide residue or banned preservatives and bleaches. According to focustaiwan.tw, the products include cherries imported from Chile, fresh strawberries from Japan, sparkling dark grape juice from Australia, and strawberry biscuit sticks from Thailand. Higher than permitted levels of pesticide residue have been recently found in fresh strawberries imported from Japan, FDA Northern Center head Chen Ching-yu said. The Taipei Department of Health yesterday said that its latest pesticide residue testing on fresh fruit and ...

Source: Hortidaily