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Reports say that frozen broccoli from China had the highest number of violations for the fungicide procymidone — a substance not approved for use in Japan — with 37 cases detected, the most of any item. Broccoli only became one of Japan’s ‘designated vegetables’ (a category the government uses to ensure stable supply) this past April, and it’s a popular vegetable, but because domestically grown broccoli is expensive, large volumes of frozen Chinese broccoli are imported — a situation believed to be behind the high number of violations. On 5ch, the thread filled up with comments reflecting real-world experience, like “almost all the frozen food at Gyomu Super is Chinese-made” and “there’s no way to avoid Chinese origins with restaurant food or prepared dishes,” with the difficulty of protecting yourself becoming the main topic of discussion.
Frozen broccoli (37 cases) topped the list of items in which procymidone was detected this time, and journalist Masayuki Ogura, who specializes in food safety, explains:
“While the use of procymidone on broccoli is restricted within Japan, it’s permitted in China. This difference in regulations between countries is the backdrop to these violation cases.
Broccoli was added this past April to the ‘designated vegetables’ list — a category the government established to secure a stable supply of vegetables that are widely consumed and important to people’s daily lives — making it a highly popular vegetable. At the same time, because domestic broccoli is expensive, large amounts of cheap frozen Chinese broccoli are imported, and this too is thought to be behind the high number of violation cases.”
Source: moneypost.jp / Original article here
What people said
Pretty sure 7-Eleven's is from Ecuador
Haven't heard anything bad about it so far, should be fine
All the cheap stuff is China-made though
It's in frozen food and restaurant food though
Eating out is too scary to even do
This isn't even a new problem lol
It's cheap, sure, but once it's labeled 'Made in China' I just can't put it in the basket.
Most of Gyomu Super's frozen veggies and fruit are Chinese-made anyway.
China and Korea are the only origins that make me hesitate to buy
With frozen ingredients like this you can check the label and avoid it,
but there's no avoiding it with restaurant food or deli items
And there's origin mislabeling on top of that anyway lol
It never goes bad no matter how long you leave it
>This kind of not-really-experimental performance — 'look, no mold!' — makes for a cleverly imagined, seemingly logical narrative that works well on people for whom science is unfamiliar territory.
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>I once told someone, 'Store-bought bread doesn't contain preservatives. Bread made in an industrially sterile environment naturally keeps for a few days even without preservatives.' They replied, 'I don't buy store-bought bread — I make all the bread I eat at home myself, and it doesn't even last 3 days.' So I told them, 'I hate to say it, but that's because your kitchen is dirtier than a bread factory' — which made them furious.
( ∩ミ Here, have some broccoli
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Put that white asparagus away (a joke poking fun at the AA figure's outstretched arm)
I'm genuinely curious how people who insist on domestic-only handle eating out
Still better than Chinese food
or is it the same within China itself? That's the most important question IMO
It's probably even worse inside China — remember the stories about them scooping oil out of gutters? (referring to China's "gutter oil" scandal)
Sorry, but in China only Communist Party officials
get to eat real organic food —
there are farms reserved exclusively for Party cadres
I think Hidakaya does that, if I remember right (a Japanese ramen/Chinese-food chain)
Haven't seen it anywhere else though
Cooking for yourself is best
Eating out means handing someone else the power of life and death over you
Buy domestic broccoli and freeze it yourself
If they could cover everything with domestic ingredients, they'd be advertising it lol
They're not disclosing it, so take the hint lol
Could be…
I know someone who was eating nothing but broccoli because they had a competition coming up
I know a guy who got colon cancer and ended up with a colostomy lol
Don't worry
Japanese farmers aren't any different
Consumers in this country be like: 'If it's cheap, imports are fine — boycott domestic rice, farmers can go bankrupt'
Guess the national character of that country and this one match perfectly, LOL, it was bound to happen
Background and Key Points
Procymidone is a type of fungicide, and in Japan usage standards are set for each crop under the Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act. Broccoli was only added to the ‘designated vegetables’ list this past April, and because domestic prices have remained high, import volumes have been rising. Import food monitoring inspections conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and other bodies are generally based on sampling at the customs stage, and when a violation is found, the system calls for that shipment to be sent back or disposed of. In other words, a ‘detected case’ isn’t necessarily something that made it into circulation — it may well have been stopped at the border — and the thread didn’t really sort this distinction out, which makes it an easy point to misunderstand. The thread was dominated less by a clash of opinions than by a shared sense of resignation (‘there’s no avoiding Chinese-made products’) and real-world observation (‘Gyomu Super and restaurants are full of Chinese-made stuff’).
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (News Express+) thread “[Chinese ‘Carcinogenic’ Food Imported to Japan] Numerous Detections of the Fungicide Procymidone in Frozen Broccoli 🥦.”
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