 The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it had detained orange juice shipments from Canada after they tested positive for low levels of a banned fungicide previously found in Brazilian juice. The samples that have tested positive so far had carbendazim levels of between 10 and 52 parts per billion. The Environmental Protection Agency says carbendazim levels under 80 parts per billion do not raise safety concerns. Read the full story - "FDA blocks OJ shipments from Canada" |
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I love the snide comment at the end that says the EPA claims 80ppb or less are not an issue. Suggesting of course this is a targeted import ban to benefit US orange growers. And perhaps undermining the EPA. Perhaps farmers or Florida's Natural got some lobbying power?
I was wondering what the heck they are talking about "orange juice from Canada"...the only thing I can think of is that Canada imports oranges, makes juice and then exports some of it to U.S. What a hoot.
since when do oranges grow in canada
WTF? I hear ya @QuipsTravails, there are no oranges here, I wish. Weirdest headline i've seen in a while...
OK, this raises the question: why are people in the US buying orange juice from CANADA? I get that we buy it from all over the world, but why on earth are we buying from a non-orange producing country?