"Real-Time Blocking of Recall Product Sales"... Five Excellent Distributors Including Lotte Mart Selected

KATS Utilizes 'Hazardous Product Sales Blocking System'
Selected Outstanding Stores... Plaque Ceremony Held on 26th

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] The National Institute of Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy selected five distribution companies that contributed to ensuring consumer product safety by utilizing the Hazardous Product Sales Blocking System as excellent operating stores.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the National Institute of Technology and Standards awarded plaques for excellent operating stores at Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul, and held a plaque ceremony at Lotte Mart Jamsil Branch.

The companies selected as excellent stores are Lotte Mart (Grand Prize), Galleria Department Store, Seowon Distribution, GS Retail, and eBay Korea (Auction).

The Hazardous Product Sales Blocking System is jointly operated by the National Institute of Technology and Standards, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and the Ministry of Environment. As soon as recall information of illegal hazardous products is registered in the system, approximately 170,000 distribution stores nationwide linked to the system block the sale of illegal and hazardous products in real time. Over the past 10 years, more than 10,000 illegal and defective products have been blocked through this system.

The National Institute of Technology and Standards is actively encouraging participation through consultations with distribution companies that have not yet adopted the system, while conducting practical discussions to have online distributors introduce barcode product identification methods.

Lee Seung-woo, Director of the National Institute of Technology and Standards, urged the company representatives, "The five companies selected as excellent this time should take responsibility as leaders in product safety management," and added, "Joint cooperation with the government is essential to thoroughly block hazardous products."

He continued, "The government will also strengthen comprehensive product safety management throughout the entire cycle more meticulously, from the KC certification system for products, crackdowns on illegal products at customs clearance stages, to safety investigations at distribution stages, to thoroughly protect the public from illegal and hazardous products."

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