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FDA Rejects OJ Imports

MedPageToday, 2012

An FDA spokesperson said that the country of origin denotes where the product was processed, not where the oranges were grown or concentrate was originally produced.
Thus, the Canadian juice may ultimately trace back to Brazil as well, but the agency has no way of knowing that, the spokesperson said.
The majority of the samples, 46 total, tested negative for any levels of carbendazim, and 33 of those shipments were released for entry into the U.S.
plants in Florida, and found that nine of 14 contained trace amounts of the pesticide, ranging from 13 to 36 ppb.
Since EPA considers that a safe level of carbendazim, the product will be allowed to remain on the market, FDA said.
Much of the juice in the domestic samples that had carbendazim also originated in Brazil, the agency said.
Although the FDA spokesman said the agency believes there's no need for further domestic sampling, they'll continue to conduct follow-up testing.
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