This year’s first batch! China's Chinese mitten crab dioxin exceeds the standard; Jinche coffee green beans are detected with banned pesticides

The Food and Drug Administration announced today the items that are illegal during border inspections, and many well-known major food manufacturers were included on the list. Liu Fangming, director of the North District Management Center of the Food and Drug Administration, said that among the illegal items announced today are the first batch of Chinese mitten crabs this year with excessive dioxin levels. 20 tons of green coffee beans imported from Indonesia by Jinche Company were returned or destroyed due to detection of pesticides that are not allowed to be used. In addition, the well-known teddy bear gummy brand Teddi Lab and the popcorn brand Taiwan Smail Food Company also had imported items returned and destroyed because their imported products were not allowed to contain additives such as sweeteners.

Liu Fangming said that Chinese mitten crabs imported from China by Fulong Guangyun Trading Company were found to contain 4.1 picograms of dioxin per gram of wet weight. According to regulations, the dioxin limit is 3.5 picograms of wet weight per gram. There were 7,000 kilograms of products in the case. It is also the first batch of illegal Chinese mitten crab items this year that needs to be returned or destroyed. The Food and Drug Administration has continued to inspect Chinese mitten crabs at the border batch by batch since July 3, 2027, with a random inspection rate of 100%.

Among the illegal items announced today, there is another batch of green coffee beans imported from Indonesia by King Car Company, which was detected with 0.02ppm of pesticides and polyurethane. According to regulations, such pesticides are not allowed to be detected in green coffee beans, and the test value should be lower than the quantitative limit of the detection method of 0.02 ppm. Therefore, the 20,000 kilograms of products in the case need to be returned or destroyed. The Food and Drug Administration has also adjusted the border inspection measures for King Car Company to strengthen batch inspections, and the random inspection ratio is 20% to 50%.

In addition, Teddi Lab, a teddy bear gummy brand owned by the well-known Australian health food brand Unichi, also shipped out packages. A batch of rose collagen gummy bears imported by Yongfu Tehao International Company was detected with 0.007% of the sweetener steviol glycosides. According to regulations, the products in the case are not in the food range permitted for this type of sweetener. 43.20 kilograms of the products in the case need to be returned or destroyed. The Food and Drug Administration has also adjusted border inspection measures for importers to strengthen batch inspections.

Liu Fangming said that among the illegal items was a batch of shrimp-flavored cassava products imported from Indonesia by Taiwan's Smail Food Company. The sweetener cyclohexyl(sulfonamide) was detected at 0.03 grams per kilogram. According to regulations, the products in the case were not within the permitted scope of this type of sweetener, so 750 kilograms of the product needed to be returned or destroyed.

In addition, Liu Fangming said that from May 2 to November 2, 2026, 596 batches of Indonesian cereal prepared foods were accepted for inspection, and 13 batches failed to pass the inspection, with a failure rate of 2.2%. The reason for the failure was the sweetener saccharin. and cyclohexyl(substituted) sulfonate are unqualified. From October 20, 2020 to December 9, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration will conduct batch-by-batch inspections of Indonesian grain prepared foods at the border, with a random inspection rate of 100%.