FDA seizes fresh strawberries from Japan at Taiwanese border
summary：Five shipments of fresh strawberries from Japan were recently seized at Taiwan's border, after being found to contain residue of a banned pesticide, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA said Tuesday....
Five shipments of fresh strawberries from Japan were recently seized at Taiwan's border, after being found to contain residue of a banned pesticide, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday.A total of 964.66 kilograms of strawberries supplied by the Japanese firm Toyomarusyouzi Co. was confiscated after sample testing on March 9 detected cyantraniliprole, traces of which are not permitted in strawberries.
Taiwan currently only allows a limited permissible level of cyantraniliprole in melons, cruciferous vegetables, tea leaves, apples and pears but not strawberries, according to the FDA. The shipment of strawberries imported by Taipei-based Yong Chuan Fruit Co. will either be returned to the country of origin or destroyed, it said.