[upstream and downstream investigation] 30% of the pesticide residues of Lentinus edodes in China, ignoring Taiwan's ban, pretended to be full of Japanese and Korean Taiwan mushrooms in the market.

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Although Taiwan forbids the import of Chinese shiitake mushrooms, unscrupulous businessmen see the huge business opportunities in Taiwan's shiitake mushroom market, break through the customs through smuggling or washing origin, and encroach on the Taiwan market on a large scale. Although the official declaration to ban illegal Chinese shiitake mushrooms, but the industry is obviously not afraid.

According to the appearance identification method provided by the agricultural test, "upstream and downstream" conducted a market survey in Taiwan and found that Chinese Lentinus edodes accounted for a high proportion of the market. A total of 21 pieces of dried Lentinus edodes and shredded Lentinus edodes were sampled, of which 10 were identified as Chinese dried Lentinus edodes by experts, including 2 packets of samples mixed with Taiwan and Chinese Lentinus edodes; another 4 pieces of shredded Lentinus edodes products were directly marked with China, completely ignoring the official ban.

"upstream and downstream" further sent all samples of Lentinus edodes to Teng Dems Inspection Company for 380 pesticide residue tests. the results showed that 5 of 14 pieces of Chinese Lentinus edodes had pesticide "befentee", the proportion was as high as 30%. Compared with Lentinus edodes produced in this country, only one pesticide ─ was approved to decay, but 16 allowable values of pesticide residues were set, which opened a convenient door for imported Lentinus edodes. Illegal Chinese shiitake mushrooms occupy the market, but the high proportion of pesticide residues can be sold "legally", which not only reduces the rights and interests of local mushroom farmers, but also seriously affects the food safety of consumers.

"upstream and downstream" field sampling of 21 pieces of Lentinus edodes in the north, middle and south for inspection. (photo / Lin Xiejun) A high proportion of Lentinus edodes and Chinese mushrooms were purchased by reporters on the spot.

Low-priced Chinese mushrooms, which are smuggled through pipelines and washed from other countries, have been in the market for years, accounting for as much as 30% of the market, and most of them pass themselves off as domestic or Japanese and Korean shiitake mushrooms, and the price is halved, only half of the market price.

The "upstream and downstream" reporter identified domestic dried Lentinus edodes according to the three major principles of identifying domestic dried Lentinus edodes (see the end of the article) according to the three principles of identification of domestic dried Lentinus edodes by Taiwan mushroom expert and assistant researcher of Plant Pathology Group of Agricultural examination Institute. The mushroom umbrella has no crack (the proportion of flower mushroom is low), 2. Mushroom noodles are wrinkled, 3. Go to Taipei, Taichung, Chiayi and other local wholesale markets for New year goods. According to the actual survey, how easy is it to buy Chinese shiitake mushrooms?

Although Vietnam is the largest importer of shiitake mushrooms in Taiwan, actually visiting the north and south merchants, most of the producing areas on the packaging are marked with shiitake mushrooms from Puli, Xinshe and South Korea, exquisite packaging, super-large flower mushroom gift boxes, prices range from 600 yuan to 1800 yuan per box (half a jin). Ask the shopkeeper why the price gap is so big, but the boss smiles but refuses to explain. At the same time, he showed the reporter around a large bag of dark black mushrooms on the other side and said, "if you want to make a domestic product, it costs 1500 yuan per jin (Taiwan), depending on whether you want to buy half a jin, 200g, or less!"

As the New year is approaching, various stores promote dried mushrooms and other New year ingredients. (photo / Lin Xiejun)

When the reporter talked about buying "flower mushrooms for free" in a shiitake shop that has been operating in Chiayi for more than 20 years, Boss Chen nagged: "there is no need to insist on buying flower mushrooms. Taiwan has a humid and hot climate, so it is very difficult to produce flower mushrooms. 95% of the mushrooms on the market are from China, and it is not recommended to buy them!"

With that, he took out Puli mushrooms with wrinkled umbrella surfaces and hurriedly explained: "those with long stalks and longer edges are domestic mushrooms, and Chinese mushroom farmers are accustomed to cutting the stalks." And pat the chest to ensure that they only sell domestic products, is to resist the chaos full of shiitake mushrooms in China. However, at the other end of the market, some stores put out the obviously smuggled "shiitake mushroom bricks" and even made no secret that they were selling Chinese shiitake mushrooms.

Recently, the purchase of food during the Spring Festival has greatly increased, especially dried shiitake mushrooms is a necessary ingredient for Chinese New year dishes. (photo / Lin Xiejun) the reporter measured 10 pieces of Lentinus edodes, all of which were mixed with Chinese Lentinus edodes.

The reporter on the spot selected 10 pieces of flower mushrooms billed as domestic, Japan and South Korea, and sent them to agricultural examination institute experts for appearance identification, all of which were determined to be similar to Chinese Lentinus edodes, and two of them were mixed with Taiwan and Chinese Lentinus edodes, making it more difficult to identify. It also confirms once again the fact that Chinese Lentinus edodes has long occupied the domestic market, and the "Lentinus edodes crisis" not only harms consumers' rights and interests, but also affects the rights and interests of mushroom farmers.

Wang Deming, consumer protection officer of the Consumer Protection Office, said that according to the Food Safety and Hygiene Management Law, bulk food must indicate the product name and origin, otherwise a fine of 30,000 yuan can be imposed. In the face of the chaos of Chinese shiitake mushrooms pretending to be made in China or the sale of Lentinus edodes in Japan and South Korea, it will strengthen the check of origin marks to make it convenient for consumers to choose and buy domestic agricultural products. At present, this law is limited to businesses with business registration, and traditional markets and vendors are not included in this regulation, so it is also planned to amend the law in the future to bring all selling units into the scope of the applicable law.

In three days' time, people will go to Dihua Street to buy dried shiitake mushrooms and other New year goods. (photo / Lin Xiejun) 30% of Chinese Lentinus edodes detected the fungicide befentee, resulting in a loophole.

The mixed charging of Lentinus edodes in China not only reduces the living space of local mushroom farmers, but also hides food safety risks. The upstream and downstream collected 21 samples of dried Lentinus edodes and shredded Lentinus edodes in Taiwan, tested 380 items of pesticide residues, and found that the fungicide befentil 0.07-0.28ppm was detected in 5 samples, the proportion was as high as 30%. Another 7 samples of Lentinus edodes from Taiwan were sampled from upstream and downstream to detect pesticide residues, and one fungicide "befentil" 0.11ppm was detected.

According to Chinese laws and regulations, the cultivation of Lentinus edodes in Taiwan is limited to the use of one pesticide (added to the space bag to control green mold of Lentinus edodes). It is illegal to detect other pesticides, but 16 pesticide residues are allowed, which is tantamount to opening a convenient door for the import of Lentinus edodes.

According to the allowable specifications for pesticide residues in mushrooms (Lentinus edodes, mushrooms, straw mushrooms, Golden mushrooms, Auricularia auricula, Auricularia auricula). The allowable standards for 16 pesticides and fungicides, in other words, it is not illegal to detect these 16 pesticides in Lentinus edodes and border Lentinus edodes.

According to the pesticide residue standard of imported Lentinus edodes, the Chinese Lentinus edodes detected pesticide residues in upstream and downstream this time are all within the allowable range (0.5ppm), which belongs to "legal" and does not need to be punished, but the two sets of Lentinus edodes management standards of "strict self-discipline and lenient treatment to others" not only make Lentinus edodes in violation of regulations in China "legal" to seize the market at low prices, but also allow uninformed consumers to bear more food safety risks.

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