date:Feb 28, 2022
ulted in a failure rate of 23.1 percent, with the failed items including strawberries and kumquats imported from Japan.
The department said the 52 tested items -43 domestic and nine imported- tested last month were randomly sourced from markets, retailers, restaurants and beverage stores.
The results showed that 12 items failed the pesticide residue testing, including seven domestic items (a failure rate of 16.3 percent) and five imported items (a failure rate of 55.6 percent).