date:Apr 17, 2023
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 cyantranil