Avocados imported by Costco seized again for cadmium residue
05/25/2021 04:35 PM
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Taipei, May 25 (CNA) More fresh avocados imported from the United States by Costco Taiwan have been seized at Taiwan s border because of higher than permitted levels of the heavy metal cadmium, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday.
A shipment of 3,797 kilograms of fresh avocados from Mission Produce Inc. in California tested on April 29 was found to contain 0.07 mg/kg of cadmium, higher than the maximum permissible level of 0.05 mg/kg, according to the FDA.
The avocados were then either returned to their country of origin or destroyed.
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US avocados seized over elevated cadmium levels
Staff writer, with CNA
Two shipments of avocados imported from the US by Costco Taiwan were seized at the border due to elevated levels of cadmium, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday.
A shipment of 990kg of fresh avocados from Riverside, California-based Index Fresh Inc was found to contain 0.19 milligrams of the heavy metal cadmium per kilogram of avocados (mg/kg), while a shipment of 1,423.8kg from Oxnard, California-based Mission Produce Inc was found to contain 0.06mg/kg both higher than the maximum permitted level of 0.05mg/kg.
The FDA said that seized products are either returned to their country of origin or destroyed.
Avocados imported by Costco seized for excess cadmium residue
05/11/2021 03:44 PM
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Taipei, May 11 (CNA) Two shipments of avocados imported from the United States by Costco Taiwan were recently seized at Taiwan s border for containing higher than permitted levels of cadmium, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday.
A shipment of 990 kilograms of fresh avocados from California-based global avocado marketer Index Fresh Inc. and another of 1,423.8 kg from American company Mission Produce Inc. were found to contain 0.19 mg/kg and 0.06 mg/kg, respectively, of the heavy metal cadmium, both higher than the maximum permissible level of 0.05 mg/kg.