Chlorpyrifos in Shine Muscat grapes imported from China; and the Consumers Foundation reported that many dangerous chemicals were found to be present.
Two consumer protection organizations recently accused retailers, Laboratory tests were conducted on 24 samples of juicy and popular grapes purchased from vendors and wet markets. Nine samples were imported from China, while the remaining 15 samples were imported from unknown sources.
Thai-Pan's Prokchon U-sap tests revealed that 23 out of 24 samples contained excessive amounts of hazardous chemicals, one sample contained chlorpyrifos, which is banned in Thailand, and another 22 were contaminated with 14 chemical residues.
Because many of the hazardous chemicals found are not on Thailand's list of hazardous chemicals without evaluating their safety effects, he said many of the chemicals are systemic pesticides that are absorbed into the grapes. They appear fresh for a long time.
Chemicals found in grapes are Bifenazate, Dinotefuran, Fluopyram, Boscalid, Fluopicolide, Pyrimethanil, Ametoctradin, Tetraconazole, Ethirimol, Metrafenone, Fludioxonil, Bupirimate, Isopyrazam, Oxathiapiprolin, Bifamidyl.
Prokchon says that a systematic pesticide can be easily removed from grapes by washing them with water.
Importers and traders of Shine Muscat grapes need to know if they exceed the level of chemicals. She said more responsibility should be taken for consumer safety by conducting random tests on fruit to detect whether or not it is. Determining the origin of grapes and, if possible, banning the importation of grapes found to contain large amounts of harmful chemicals.
Shine Muscat grapes from China are popular among Thai consumers because they are cheaper than imports from Japan or South Korea.
Source from THAI PBS WORLD
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