The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration has released a list of 14 items that failed border inspections, including 18 batches of cherries from the US that failed border inspections in the past six months. The 14 items included cherries from the US and Canada, truffles from Italy, chanterelle mushrooms from France, honeydew melon from Japan, cumin from China and more.
They failed the inspections for having excessive residue levels of pesticides, heavy metals, radioactive substances or acetic acid, and they have been returned or disposed of, the FDA said.
Five items were fresh cherries — four from the US and one from Canada, the FDA said, adding that the four batches (a total of 14,160kg) from the US were found to have excessive residues of the fungicide mefentrifluconazole, while the batch (250kg) from Canada was found to have residues of the insecticide cyclaniliprole, which is banned in Taiwan.
Source: taipeitimes.com
