Ensuring School Meal Safety... Ulsan City Conducts Year-Round Food Ingredient Safety Inspections

All 311 Inspections Last Year Deemed 'Suitable', Radiation Testing Expanded This Year

Ulsan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Ulsan City is undertaking a safe school meal project through a regular food ingredient inspection system.

The Ulsan City Health and Environment Research Institute announced on the 26th that it will conduct year-round safety inspections on food ingredients supplied to schools to provide safe food for students.

The inspection items include 350 types of residual pesticides such as endosulfan, radiation such as iodine and cesium, and genetically modified foods, with continuous inspections being carried out.

Following Japan's decision to discharge radioactive contaminated water from Fukushima, in cooperation with the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education, radiation inspections on seafood supplied to school meals will be expanded by 6% compared to last year.

A representative from the Health and Environment Research Institute said, "Parents have great concerns about school meal ingredients," and added, "We will do our best to manage meal ingredients so that students can eat school meals with peace of mind."

Last year, inspections were conducted on a total of 311 cases, including 41 cases of residual pesticide inspections on agricultural products, 160 cases of radiation inspections on seafood and seafood processed products, and 110 cases of genetically modified food confirmation inspections on soybean processed products, all of which were found to be safe.

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