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 cyantraniliprole in melons, cruciferous vegetables, tea leaves, apples and pears but not strawberries, according to the FDA. The shipment of strawberries imported by Taipei-based Yong Chuan Fruit Co. will either be returned to the country of origin or destroyed, it said.
