Be Careful, Imported Muscat Wine From Thailand Contaminated With Hazardous Chemical Residue

JAKARTA - Thailand's Pesticide Warning Network (Thai-PAN) said there was contamination of hazardous chemical residues in the muscat lava. The residue is at a level that exceeds the permitted safe limits.

Citing the Bangkok Post, Thai-PAN page and the Thai Consumer Council (TCC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed the results of the muscat wine test on Thursday, October 24, 2024. It was explained that the TCC took 24 samples of popular muscat wine from 15 sales sites in Bangkok.

The sample was taken from October 2 to 3, 2024, and tested. From these samples, it was found that around 9 of them came from China.

Laboratory tests found residues of 14 harmful chemicals in concentrations above the 0.01 mg/kg security limit. In total, the test also detected 50 chemical residues, 22 of which are not regulated under current Thai law, such as triasulfuron, cyclomethofen, tetraconazole, and fludioxonyl.

With this large amount of chemical content, Thai-PAN cannot guarantee the safety of muscat wine. The use of pesticide content makes muscat wine look fresh for a long time.

Some of the hazardous chemicals found were not included in the list of dangerous chemicals in Thailand. Therefore, the safety effects have not been assessed. Adding many chemicals is a systematic pesticide, which is absorbed into wine, making it look fresh for a long time," Thai-PAN said, quoted Tuesday, October 29, 2024.

Thai-PAN said the content of systematic pesticides cannot be easily removed by simply washing wine using water. This is of course detrimental to consumers, both in terms of purchase and health costs.

Thus, Thai-PAN also said that importers and muscat wine traders should be more responsible for the safety of wine for consumers.

Traders are advised to do random tests on wine to see the amount of chemicals in it exceeds the limit or not, to dispose of contaminated fruit.