A shipment of 1,469 kg of U.S. cherries was found to contain 0.92 parts per million of fenpropathrin, a pesticide that is often used on cherries and pears, which exceeds the allowable level of 0.5 ppm. according to the Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday. The shipment was turned away in Tiwan after failing the test for pesticides. This is the third load of cherries to fail the test this in two weeks.
A second test can be requested in two weeks. Due to increasing frequency of cherries not matching the pesticide standards, the Food and Drug Administration will increase it's random checks on US cherries from 5% to 20%.
Nearly 5.6 tons of cherries imported from the United States earlier this month were found to contain excessive levels of the pesticide malathion, which is not allowed in trace amounts on fruit in Taiwan.
A second test can be requested in two weeks. Due to increasing frequency of cherries not matching the pesticide standards, the Food and Drug Administration will increase it's random checks on US cherries from 5% to 20%.
Nearly 5.6 tons of cherries imported from the United States earlier this month were found to contain excessive levels of the pesticide malathion, which is not allowed in trace amounts on fruit in Taiwan.
