A 75,000kg shipment of imported Vietnamese black rice was blocked at the border after pesticide residue was detected, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.
The batch was found to contain 0.04 parts per million (ppm) of oxolinic acid, the FDA said in its weekly report on imported food and product safety on Tuesday.
Under the Standards for Pesticide Residue Limits in Foods (農藥殘留容許量標準), oxolinic acid must not be detectable in rice, with the limit of quantification set at 0.02 ppm.
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Between Nov. 11 last year and May 11, seven of the 38 Vietnamese brown rice shipments submitted for inspection failed to meet Taiwan's standards, all due to pesticide residue contraventions, the FDA said.
That represented a non-compliance rate of 18.4 percent, the agency said.
As rice is a staple food, all imported rice is subject to a 100 percent inspection rate, which would remain unchanged, the FDA said.
In a separate case, a 1.2kg shipment of Japanese blueberries was found to contain 0.06ppm of pyribencarb, a fungicide that is not permitted to be detected, the FDA said.
The blueberry shipment would be returned or destroyed, and the importer would be subject to a 100 percent inspection rate, the agency said.
In addition, six other products, including frozen pea shoots from China and fresh fennel bulbs from Italy, were found to be non-compliant and would all be returned or destroyed, it added.
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