TAIPEI (TVBS News) — Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed on Tuesday (Sept. 12) that nine food items failed to meet safety standards at border inspection.
The list included American cherries with unsatisfactory pesticide residues, Chinese chili powder, and Thai mangosteen, both found to contain dyes and pesticide residues.
According to Lin Chin-Fu, Deputy Director of the FDA, the pesticide residues found in two batches of American cherries were 0.03 ppm and 0.02 ppm, respectively, and both would be either returned or destroyed at the border.
The total weight of the cherries from the U.S. amounted to 359 tons, with a nonconformity rate of 6%.
In China's 3,600 kilograms of chili powder, the FDA identified nine ppb Sudan III red dye and 0.07 ppm chlormequat chloride residue.
So far this year, 7 out of 217 batches from China fell short of the standards, a nonconformity rate of 3% spanning five manufacturers.
In addition, 580 kilograms of Thai mangosteen was recalled or destroyed due to pesticide residues, including 0.04 ppm profenofos and 0.007 ppm fipronil.
Furthermore, 1,350 kilograms of a Vietnamese "Instant Hot and Sour Shrimp Flavor Noodle" was found contaminated with 0.1 mg/kg of ethylene oxide and is set to be returned or destroyed.