Gangwon Provincial Institute of Health and Environment Strengthens Safety Inspections of Veterinary Drugs in Aquaculture Products

Inspection Items Expanded from 62 to 151 Starting July

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] The Gangwon-do Institute of Health and Environment announced on the 10th that starting in July, the number of animal drug test items for aquaculture seafood will be expanded from the current 62 to 151 to strengthen safety inspections.

The safety inspection of animal drugs in seafood is a test to verify the compliance with residue tolerance standards for antibiotics, anthelmintics, and prohibited substances used for disease treatment and prevention during the aquaculture process.

Currently, 62 items are being tested, but in preparation for the increase in aquaculture and imported seafood and the implementation of the Positive List System (PLS), the number of test items will be significantly expanded to 151 from July to strengthen safety inspections.

The 'PLS' is a system that uniformly applies a standard of 0.01 mg/kg or less when no separate residue tolerance standard is set for seafood. It has been applied to antibiotics since January this year, and will be applied to other animal drugs from January 2024.

Kim Young-su, director of the Gangwon-do Institute of Health and Environment, said, "We will do our best to continuously manage safety so that unsafe products are blocked in advance and safe products can be distributed by expanding the test items for animal drugs in seafood."

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