830,000 Harmful Children's Products Detected... Including Products Containing Humidifier Disinfectant Ingredients

Status report on types of public safety violation items detected at border checkpoints. Provided by Korea Customs Service.

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] A large number of harmful children's products were seized at customs. Some products were found to contain banned humidifier disinfectant ingredients.

The Korea Customs Service announced on the 27th that it conducted an intensive crackdown on imported children's products for two months ahead of Family Month in May, seizing 830,000 hazardous products including uncertified items.

In particular, among the 130,000 seized stationery and toys, ingredients such as chloromethylisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, which are types of humidifier disinfectant components, were detected, or phthalate-based plasticizers were found to exceed the standard by up to 328 times.

No Seok-hwan, Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service, said, "The damage to the public caused by illegal hazardous goods being imported and distributed domestically is difficult to recover," and added, "As the only national agency with control over foreign goods, the Customs Service will focus its capabilities on blocking items that threaten public safety from the border."

Meanwhile, from last year until April of this year, the number of cases of public safety-violating items blocked at the border stage by the Korea Customs Service totaled 19,175.

The number of cases by type of violation were as follows: ▲ uncertified safety items 13,831 cases ▲ firearms and blades 3,835 cases ▲ narcotics 1,011 cases ▲ intellectual property rights infringement 333 cases ▲ origin labeling violations 165 cases, among others.

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