The Centre for Food Safety has found excessive pesticide residues in Chinese wolfberry leaf and Chinese white cabbage samples imported from the Mainland.
The Chinese wolfberry leaf contained acetamiprid at a level of 3.979 ppm, which is one-third higher than the maximum residue limit; while the Chinese white cabbage sample contained carbofuran at a level of 0.041 ppm, about two-times the maximum residue limit.
The centre is following up on the tainted vegetables with Mainland authorities.
Based on the level of pesticides found in the samples, eating a normal amount of the vegetables is unlikely to cause adverse health effects, food safety officials said.
Consumers are reminded to rinse and soak vegetables before eating them to reduce any pesticide on the surface.