China destroys 35 tons of Philippine bananas
Published March 26, 2016 5:51pm
Customs authorities at the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen destroyed 34.78 tons of "substandard bananas" imported from the Philippines due to excessive pesticide use, state TV said on Saturday.
The bananas, worth $33,000, were mashed and buried on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, showing footage of digger mashing the fruit and moving them into a pit for landfill.
CCTV said the sampling test indicated that the carbendazim contained in these bananas exceeded China's standard limits for pesticide residue in food.
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