Vietnamese cabbage was found to have excessive pesticide residues, and the Food and Drug Administration required it to be returned or destroyed

After harvesting Chinese cabbage, unscrupulous traders in China soak the roots in a solution of the first-level carcinogen "formaldehyde (commonly known as formalin)" to extend the shelf life. It was recently reported that the cabbage was shipped to Vietnam, South Korea and other places for processing or cleaning. After the incident broke out, our Food and Drug Administration conducted 100% random inspections at the border. Today (6th) it was announced that 18,900 kilograms of Vietnamese cabbage were seized and found to have illegal pesticide residues.

According to my country's regulations, Chinese cabbage and baby cabbage are prohibited from being imported into Taiwan, but Vietnamese vegetables can be imported. Many people are worried that Chinese cabbage will be "washed from its origin" through Vietnam and other countries, or made into kimchi and flow into the market. The Food and Drug Administration announced today that the border inspection failed items. One batch of Vietnamese "Chinese cabbage" submitted for inspection by the importer "Juchang Trading Co., Ltd." was found to have 0.02ppm of residual pesticide triclosan.

According to my country's "Pesticide Residue Allowance Standard", the quantitative limit of tricloxazone of 0.01ppm of the detection method is the regulatory allowable value. This batch of Vietnamese cabbage must be returned or destroyed. The Food and Drug Administration stated that for cabbage, surveillance and inspection are currently carried out at the border, and the random inspection rate is 100%. If any illegal items exceed the standard, they will be detected, and this batch of Vietnamese cabbage must be returned or destroyed.

Chinese food utensils were also inspected by the Food and Drug Administration for a batch of 133 kilograms of "(Melamine) spoons." According to the dissolution test results, the evaporation residue value was 45 ppm. my country's current evaporation residue qualification standard is below 30 ppm. It does not comply with the provisions of Article 17 of the Food Safety and Hygiene Management Act and needs to be returned or destroyed.

In addition, the FDA also announced that a batch of "fresh potatoes" exported from the United States was found to contain 248 mg/kg of total glycoalkaloids/solanine (Glycoalkaloids, total), exceeding the limit standard of 200 mg/kg. This batch of 339,580 kilograms of fresh potatoes needs to be destroyed or returned.

The Food and Drug Administration stated that regarding this potato violation, the Food and Drug Administration immediately adjusted the inspection obligor to strengthen batch inspection of potato products from the same place of origin and the same serial number. In addition, the Food and Drug Administration also announced today that items such as Japanese vinegar-pickled ginger slices, Chinese yam, and French cod roe sauce were required to be returned or destroyed due to substandard preservatives, sweeteners, pesticides, etc.