• Wall Street Journal, Friday, January 13, 2012 10:30 AM

Coca-Cola's Simply Orange and Minute Maid, along with PepsiCo Inc.'s Tropicana, are the major U.S. brands currently made in part with Brazilian orange juice. In Brazil, the use of the unapproved fungicide carbendazim is widespread. CocaCola reported finding it in orange juice sold by itself and competitors in the U.S.

Carbendazim isn't approved for use in citrus in the U.S., but other countries allow certain levels of the substance in juice imports. The discovery of low levels of carbendazim in U.S. orange juice stocks has prompted federal authorities to begin screening juice on supermarket shelves and has roiled prices of orange-juice futures.

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