Jeonnam Hampyeong-gun Residual Pesticide Analysis Technology Proven to Be 'World-Class' Level

International Analytical Skills Proficiency Assessment Rated 'Excellent' for 3 Consecutive Years

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The residual pesticide analysis technology in Hampyeong-gun, Jeollanam-do, has been recognized as world-class.

According to Hampyeong-gun on the 16th, the Agricultural Product Safety Analysis Laboratory operated by the Agricultural Technology Center of the county received an excellent grade for the third consecutive year in the recently announced '2020 International Proficiency Testing (FAPAS: Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme)'.

FAPAS is a representative international proficiency testing program in the field of agricultural and food chemical analysis operated by the UK's Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA).

It evaluates analysis capabilities in more than 10 fields including residual pesticides, and due to its high international recognition and reliability, government agencies, private analysis institutions, and research institutes from around the world participate annually to verify their analytical capabilities.

In this evaluation, the county received Z-score values below 0.4 for all items in the residual pesticide analysis capability evaluation criteria.

The 'Z-score' is a value calculated by dividing the difference between the actual evaluation result and the submitted value by the standard deviation of all participating institutions; the closer to 0, the better the analytical technology.

A representative of the Hampyeong-gun Agricultural Technology Center said, “We plan to gradually expand the analysis of harmful substances such as water quality and heavy metals in the future,” and added, “We will do our best to consistently maintain world-class analytical capabilities so that all citizens can safely consume Hampyeong agricultural products.”

Meanwhile, Hampyeong-gun conducts residual pesticide inspections on local food quality assurance tests and distributed agricultural products such as school meals through the Agricultural Product Safety Analysis Laboratory, and is the only agricultural technology center in the province that issues residual pesticide analysis certificates for eco-friendly certification.

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