date:Oct 20, 2023
At Taiwan's border, a shipment of grapes from Japan was seized after they were found to contain banned pesticides, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Wednesday. A total of 250 kilograms of grapes supplied by Japanese firm New Yamanashi Wine Co. was confiscated after sample testing on September 16 detected 0.01 parts per million (ppm) of cyclaniliprole, a type of pesticide banned from being used on grapes in Taiwan.
Lin Chin-fu, FDA deputy director-general, said that under curren