Freeze-Dried Strawberries' "Double Trap": Pesticide Residue Exceeds Standards, Detection Fraud, Raw Materials Containing Heavy Metals Flow into Supply Chain

A batch of freeze-dried strawberries was self-tested and found to contain cadmium levels as high as 0.728 mg/kg, along with multiple exceeding pesticide residues. When the company reported the supplier to regulatory authorities, they were told that there is no cadmium limit standard for freeze-dried strawberries in the national standards, so no case could be filed. Clearly, problems were detected, but why is there no legal basis? A report by The Beijing News revealed that behind this incident, there are deeper concerns in the freeze-dried strawberry industry chain: pesticide abuse at the planting end, mixed harvesting of various products at the processing end, and falsified testing reports—all of which are openly kept secret. A hidden “problematic supply chain” is quietly operating right under the public’s nose.