Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health announced on the 30th that three batches of fresh strawberries imported from Japan had failed border inspections, all of which were found to be in violation of pesticide residue regulations.
Three batches of strawberries were found to contain 2.9 ppm of cyflumetofen, 0.07 ppm of indoxacarb, and 0.03 ppm of nitenpyram. All are insecticides, and Taiwan's standard limits are 2.0 ppm for cyflumetofen and 0.01 ppm for indoxacarb. Nitenpyram should not be detected.
by MagazineKey4532
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I had heard that Japanese fruit and vegetable production has a reputation for intensive pesticides use. Hence a meat and fish intensive diet. Maybe it’s just a rumor
Who cares, just eat it.
This is how the government is addressing the issue of aging population /s
My neighbor grows a lot of veggies and sells them on one of the big organic food websites.
I see them spraying roundup every year. Consumers in Japan just don’t care, even those buying organic. It’s unthinkable to sell produce that don’t look perfect so the pressure on farmers is huge.
I miss living in the EU sometimes.
Clearly the Strawberry is Chinese or Korean /s
It’s like nothing is healthy anymore and everything will kill you, is there really any point in trying? Can anyone afford organic!?
Apparently other strawberries are passing.
Low birth rates due to ~~inflation~~ round up
Soak the berries in baking soda with water for 12 minutes, then rinse to get rid of pesticides. Better than just rinsing with water.
So tamiflu isn’t the only overused chemical in Japan….
I guess the good news is most of us can’t afford Japanese strawberries anyway.
not just pesticides all sorts chemicals that prolongs food life actually. so please enjoy you 7/11 foods 🙂
Fucking Japan.
secret to long life.
I have always believed that despite Japan’s high pesticide usage, the residue levels are very low.
The life span of japanese is still very long, so it’s not that bad?
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