2024-01-16 02:56:24
Something happened to Japanese strawberries once more! 100 kilograms of explosive pesticides exceeded the standard. The FDA ordered 6 manufacturing plants to “stop importing” 207
CNEWS Convergence News Network reporter Chen Junkai/Reporting from Taipei
Strawberries imported from Japan are constantly being shipped! The Food and Drug Administration announced today (16th) the latest list of unqualified border inspections. Three batches of fresh strawberries from Japan were found to be unqualified for pesticide residues. A total of regarding 104 kilograms will be returned or destroyed. The Food and Drug Administration Deputy Director Lin Jinfu emphasized that in addition to maintaining the “monitoring inspection” of 100% batch-by-batch inspection of strawberries imported from Japan until April 30, the most stringent one-month suspension of imports will also be adopted for manufacturing plants with violation records. Today, one more company has been punished, bringing the number of companies that have stopped importing to 6.
The Food and Drug Administration announced this morning a list of 13 items that failed border inspections, including black sesame seeds from Malaysia, chili powder from China, fresh grapes from South Korea, fresh white truffles from Italy, etc., which were each found to contain heavy metals or pesticide residues. Unqualified situation.
Lin Jinfu said that three batches of fresh strawberries imported from Japan will be returned or destroyed at the customs in accordance with regulations and will not flow into the domestic market. One of the batches was “fresh strawberries” imported from Japan by Yongquan Fruit Co., Ltd., and the residual pesticide Lufenon was detected at 0.9 ppm, exceeding the standard of 0.5 ppm. The origin was Nara, and the manufacturer was TOYOMARUSYOUZI CO., LTD.
The other two batches were imported by Hokkaido Products Co., Ltd., and were found to contain pesticide residues of 0.02 ppm and flunimidine of 0.02 ppm and 0.3 ppm respectively, which were not in compliance with regulations. The origins were from Saga and Saitama respectively, and the manufacturer was KNOWLEDGECHINA.CO.LTD.
Lin Jinfu said that the Food and Drug Administration will maintain surveillance and inspections of Yongquan Fruit Co., Ltd. and Hokkaido Products Co., Ltd., and at the same time, it will suspend the acceptance of inspection applications for unqualified manufacturers for one month, from January 12 to February 21. As of today, including one new manufacturing plant added today, the number of manufacturing plants that have been banned has now reached 6.
Lin Jinfu said that the production season of Japanese strawberries is from November to April of the following year. According to statistics from the Food and Drug Administration, from July 8 last year to January 8 this year, a total of 273 batches of Japanese strawberries were imported. , 13 batches were unqualified, with a failure rate of 4.76%. The reasons for failure were all excessive pesticide residues.
Something happened to Japanese strawberries once more! One hundred kilograms of explosive pesticides exceeded the standard. The Food and Drug Administration ordered 6 manufacturing plants to “stop importing” 209
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