Gyeonggi Health and Environment Research Institute Seizes and Disposes of 16 Cases of Leafy Vegetables with Excessive Residual Pesticides

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment announced on the 16th that it collected 341 samples of leafy vegetables distributed in the province during the rainy season in June and July and conducted residual pesticide tests. As a result, 16 cases, accounting for 4.7%, were found to contain residual pesticides exceeding the standard, leading to seizure, disposal, and requests for administrative action.

The inspection targets were 12 types of leafy vegetables, including lettuce, chicory, and chamnamul, collected from four public agricultural and marine products wholesale markets in the province?Suwon, Guri, Anyang, and Ansan?as well as large distribution stores such as department stores and large supermarkets.

Regarding cases of residual pesticide detection, fluxametamide was detected at 0.10 to 0.33 mg/kg, exceeding the minimum allowable standard of 0.01 mg/kg, in four cases including lettuce.

Diazinon also exceeded the allowable standard of 0.01 mg/kg in chamnamul (0.02 mg/kg) and perilla leaves (0.06 mg/kg).

The Institute of Health and Environment of the province seized and disposed of 157 kg of non-compliant agricultural products and notified related agencies such as the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and the relevant local governments to ensure administrative actions against producers.

Park Yong-bae, director of the provincial Institute of Health and Environment, stated, "It is judged that pesticides were detected in excess due to improper use of pesticides," adding, "We will work together with farmers through continuous education and publicity. We will continuously provide information on agricultural product safety so that citizens can enjoy safer leafy vegetables from Gyeonggi-do."

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