Pesticides: FDA's (Food and Drug Administration's) Investigation of Imported Apple Juice Concentrate

摘要

The report provides information on the volume of imported apple juice concentrate, FDA's testing methodology, and FDA's testing results of its special investigation on imported apple juice concentrate. All FDA district offices were instructed to sample each shipment of imported apple juice concentrate through May 8, 1985. Each sample was analyzed for those chemical residues that FDA would usually test. In addition, each sample was tested for mercury and daminozide. GAO has included information concerning the reasons why FDA added distilled water to the apple juice concentrate before testing it rather than testing it in its imported form. The major reason for adding distilled water was that all samples would, therefore, be tested on a consistent basis and in the manner they are normally consumed--that is, as single-strength juice.