Japanese strawberries.

(Photo by reporter Wu Liangyi)

[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] The Food and Drug Administration announced today the results of border inspections. A batch of 333 kg of fresh strawberries exported from Japan was found to have exceeded the standard for pesticides, 18 times the standard value in my country.

Japanese strawberries and Chilean cherries are the bulk of imported foods that violate the regulations in a single item in winter. Recently, 12 batches of Japanese strawberries have violated regulations; Chilean cherries are imported in large quantities. Often, hundreds of metric tons of them have to be returned or destroyed due to pesticide violations in a week.

Japanese strawberries and Chilean cherries have many violations. However, the Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly opened up imports on the grounds that "the suspension of imports must be decided by the Executive Yuan" and that "high-level officials are involved." However, during the production season, violations were detected almost every week.

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In addition, another 12 batches of cherries exported from Chile were found to be in violation of the pesticide regulations, weighing as much as 188 metric tons, and a total of 37 batches have been accumulated in the past six months.

Chen Qingyu, section chief of the North District Management Center of the Food and Drug Administration, said that imports should continue to be open until the end of the production season at the end of March, and imports will not be banned.

333 kilograms of Japanese strawberries imported by "Shangjia Fruit Company" were found to be as high as 0.18ppm, which is 18 times the Chinese standard of 0.01ppm.

Due to repeated violations of regulations by Japanese strawberries, the Japan Exchange Association also requires my country to relax two pesticide residue standards, including flunilamide. At present, China’s Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved it. Once passed, it means that my country can allow higher doses of pesticide residues on imported strawberries.

In addition, up to 5,412 kg of "frozen mullet roe" exported from China was found to be violating the 1ppb animal drug "Leucocrystal violet (reduced crystal violet)".

Crystal violet, or "gentian violet", is a triphenylmethane-based dye that has bactericidal or parasitic effects. However, it has been banned due to animal experiments showing that crystal violet has the risk of carcinogenicity and gene mutation, especially the report of carcinogenic risk Slightly more than malachite green.

Many batches of food exported from China violated regulations, including 2.3 tons of chrysanthemums, which were found to have residues of the pesticide Tao Sisong; 14.1 tons of frozen boiled abalones, which were found to have residues of the banned drug sulfamethoxazole; and plastic forks that failed the dissolution test.

In addition, the unqualified border inspection products announced this week also include the unqualified pesticide residues of "dried morel mushrooms" exported from France, the unqualified pesticide residues of "spicy fried wheat rice cake" exported from South Korea, and the unqualified pesticide residues of "dried chili rings" exported from Japan , The export of "urine shrimp" from the Philippines exceeded the standard of heavy metal cadmium, and the export of "frozen rock fish" from Samoa exceeded the standard of heavy metal methylmercury.

Chilean cherries.

(Photographed by reporter Wu Liangyi)

"Frozen mullet roe" from China.

(Photographed by reporter Wu Liangyi)