Fresh fruit and veg produced domestically in Taiwan will be assessed under new standards for pesticide residue after a review by The Ministry of Health and Welfare, alongside the Executive Yuan Committee of Agriculture.
The change has been made to benefit consumers diet and food safety.
New regulations will affect 253 agricultural products, including fruits, vegetables, grains, meat and fish.
For the imported fruit market, Taiwan had a strict no-pesticide policy, which has seen a number of rejections of produce in the past.
Last month, Focus Taiwan reported that a six-tonne load of blueberries and strawberries was rejected and returned/destroyed after a phosmet concentration was found on the berries.
Updates to the regulation of pesticides on imported products will be handled by the Department of Food and Drug Administration.
