Jeonnam Province Strengthens Safety of Eco-Friendly Agricultural Products
Zero Certification Revocation: Strengthening Five Major Management Measures and Farmer Education
[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province is strengthening the safety of eco-friendly agricultural products.
The province announced on the 25th that it will conduct farmer education on five major safety management measures, including the expansion of residual pesticide component inspections for eco-friendly agricultural products, which have been implemented since this year to secure consumer trust and achieve zero cancellations of eco-friendly certifications.
Amid the recent surge of the fourth wave of COVID-19, the province plans to produce easily understandable educational materials and distribute them to about 28,000 eco-friendly farms, while periodically sending messages via an integrated messaging system to conduct non-face-to-face safety management enhancement education.
The educational materials include information on ▲expansion of residual pesticide component inspections for eco-friendly agricultural products (from 320 to 511 components) ▲pre-notification guidance for joint pest control in eco-friendly agricultural complexes ▲exclusion from subsidy projects for up to five years for farms with pesticide application certification cancellations ▲permanent restriction on participation in pest control and material supplier businesses due to causes of certification cancellation such as pesticide mixing ▲strengthened residual pesticide inspections for farms whose certifications were canceled due to pesticide detection in the past five years.
The province plans to focus on promoting compliance with joint pest control pre-notification and the use of eco-friendly materials during pest control periods by establishing an integrated messaging system for sending text messages.
From the 8th to the 12th, the province checked whether 1,360 eco-friendly agricultural complexes, including those in Yeosu, complied with joint pest control pre-notification, and ordered non-compliant complexes to take measures by the end of this month.
Samples were collected from four complexes suspected of pesticide use and residual pesticide tests were requested from the Jeonnam branch of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service.
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Soyoungho, Director of the Agriculture, Livestock and Food Bureau of Jeonnam Province, said, “Through periodic intensive inspections to strengthen safety management of eco-friendly agricultural complexes, we will ensure that the misconduct of some farms (businesses) does not harm the many honest eco-friendly farmers,” and added, “We will do our best to manage the production of Jeonnam’s eco-friendly agricultural products that consumers can trust and eat with confidence.”
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