Inspection and Quarantine Services are reported to have banned all exports of canned mushrooms to the US after a number of shipments were rejected due to pesticide contamination. Dutch mushroom canners have seen a distinct uptick in business as a consequence, but there are concerns that some buyers have simply been put off canned mushrooms, regardless of origin.
Throughout September, the US refused ten shipments of canned mushrooms from China, all on grounds of pesticide contamination. FDA documentation shows that these refusals were mostly from the company Zhangzhou Tongfa Foods, and that a further shipment was also rejected from the company Dujiangyan Xingda Foodstuff. Specifically, the latter was found to contain prochloraz, diethofencarb and carbendazim.
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