High levels of pesticide found in Taitung food poisoning samples

Excessively high levels of terbufos, a hazardous chemical compound found in some pesticides, have been detected in food samples suspected of causing food poisoning that left three people dead earlier this week in Taitung County, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) said on Friday.

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