Taiwan steps up inspections of strawberries from Japan

Fresh strawberries imported from Japan have been subject to batch-by-batch border inspections since Monday after excessive levels of pesticide residue were found in 15 imported batches of the fruit over the past three months, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday.

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