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FDA and EPA: Orange Juice Is Safe to Drink

by Brandon on Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:06 am
(Jan. 30, 2012) -- The FDA is continuing to assure consumers that orange juice is safe to drink, despite possible contamination by carbendazim, a fungicide used by growers in some foreign countries but which is illegal for use on citrus fruits in the United States.

FDA is confident that orange juice in the United States may be consumed without concerns, the federal agency said in a news release issued Friday.

That statement was part of the third weekly update the FDA has issued since Jan. 9, when the agency alerted the orange juice processing industry about reports that carbendazim had been detected in OJ products imported from Brazil.

In that country, growers legally use the fungicide to fight black spot, a mold that grows on orange trees. Other major importing countries, such as Mexico, also allow carbendazim.
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