FDA seizes nearly 14% of imported orange juice over fungicide

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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times
January 27, 2012, 5:58 p.m.
Nearly 14% of orange juice imported to the U.S. since early this month has been seized by the Food and Drug Administration because it contained trace amounts of a fungicide, carbendazim, according to the agency.

FDA officials said the juice was safe to drink but that carbendazim, used to combat a fungus that leaves black spots on tree leaves, was not allowed in the U.S.

"We don't feel that this is a safety problem," FDA spokeswoman Siobhan DeLancey said. "This is more of a regulatory issue.

"We don't have any plans to call for a wholesale recall of orange juice."

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