Because of the absence of a set maximum residue limits, zero tolerance applies to glyphosate residue in oatmeal products. This was the administration’s first random inspection of oatmeal products flowing into the market, FDA official Wang Te-yuan told the local media.īecause Taiwan does not produce oats, the country has no set limits developed for glyphosate on oat products.
The China Post is reporting that a total of 62,000 kilograms (137,000 pounds) of oatmeal was recalled, most of it from the U.S.
The products included: “Old Fashioned Quaker Oats” and “Quaker Quick 1-minute Oats” sold at Carrefour Taiwan, Costco Wholesale Corp and RT-Mart, “Coach’s Oats” sold at RT-Mart, “Bob’s Red Mill Instant Rolled Oats” sold at Pacific Sogo Department Stores Co, “Fifty-50 Hearty Cut Oatmeal” and “McCann’s Imported Irish Oatmeal” sold at City’super, “Australia Fine Oat Flakes” by Fuyuan Food sold at Wellcome Supermarket outlets, and oatmeal by Fengyuan Food. The 10 products tested were found to have glyphosate (pesticide) residue levels between 0.1 parts per million (ppm) and 1.8 ppm, the agency said, according to the Taipei Times. Now the FDA in Taiwan is saying the amount of glyphosates in a shipment of Quaker Oats products produced in the United States has unacceptable levels of the pesticide. The lawsuit accuses Quaker of falsely advertising its oatmeal as 100 natural, although the level of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup. A class-action lawsuit was brought against the company by customers in New York, California, and Illinois. Following a test that found traces of the pesticide glyphosate, the Quaker Oats Company faces a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of consumers in New York and California. Quaker Oats has been in the proverbial “hot seat” for the last month over claims that its “100 percent natural” label constituted false advertising after trace amounts of glyphosate were found in its famous oatmeal.