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Brazil's orange-juice exporters complained that the FDA's standards were too strict, since the shipments are of concentrated orange juice, not the reconstituted juice found on grocery-store shelves.

FDA Finds Fungicide in Some Brazil, Canada Orange Juice Bill Tomson 2012

Between January and November 2011, Brazil accounted for about half of all U.S. orange-juice imports, while Canada contributed about 3.5%, according to the Florida Department of Citrus, a state agency.

FDA Finds Fungicide in Some Brazil, Canada Orange Juice Bill Tomson 2012

The concentrate "should be evaluated as though it were ready to be consumed, which would resolve almost all of the problem," said Christian Lohbauer , president of CitrusBR, the Brazilian orange-juice exporters' association.

FDA Finds Fungicide in Some Brazil, Canada Orange Juice Bill Tomson 2012

The FDA delayed orange-juice imports and began testing for the fungicide after Coca-Cola, which makes Simply Orange and Minute Maid, reported its finding to the FDA on Dec. 28.

FDA Finds Fungicide in Some Brazil, Canada Orange Juice Bill Tomson 2012

The front-month contract has gained 8% since the news that the Food and Drug Administration had begun testing orange-juice imports broke on Jan. 10.

FDA Finds Fungicide in Some Brazil, Canada Orange Juice Bill Tomson 2012

But because its approval for use on U.S. orange trees expired several years ago, regulators blocked orange-juice imports for testing earlier this month after Coca-Cola Co. detected the chemical in its and its competitors' orange juice.

FDA Finds Fungicide in Some Brazil, Canada Orange Juice Bill Tomson 2012

The two beverage giants are battling for market share in the orange-juice market.

PepsiCo Raises Tropicana Orange Juice Prices Leslie Josephs 2011

According to the Florida Department of Citrus, citing Nielsen sales data, orange-juice prices have risen 6% while sales have declined 8% year on year as of Feb. 19, the latest data available.

PepsiCo Raises Tropicana Orange Juice Prices Leslie Josephs 2011

Despite their differences, Young and Rodstrom agree that a better solution would be to establish housing in industrial areas — for instance, Young suggested that a major orange-juice company could hire sex offenders to pick its oranges on the condition that they live in corporate housing.

Sex-Offender City 2010

The U.S. government said Friday it found small amounts of an unapproved fungicide in Brazilian and Canadian orange-juice shipments, causing an uptick in orange-juice futures prices.

FDA Finds Fungicide in Some Brazil, Canada Orange Juice Bill Tomson 2012