Changwon Special City, Making Every Effort to Provide Safe Seafood to Citizens and Consumers

Democratic Party City Council Members

Strongly Refute One-Sided Press Conference

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam strongly refuted the unilateral claim by the Democratic Party city council members that the city is taking no action regarding Japan's decision to discharge contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The city asserted, "Changwon Special City is making every effort to provide citizens and consumers with only safe and healthy seafood."

Changwon Special City Hall, Gyeongnam.
Photo by Lee Seryeong

In this regard, the city has been posting the results of marine radioactive material inspections and seafood radiation tests, scattered across various institutions, on the city’s website for the past month to ensure the right to know for citizens and consumers.

Since the 28th of last month, under a special inspection plan for the origin labeling of imported Japanese seafood, joint crackdowns have been strengthened by five district offices, the Coast Guard, the National Fishery Products Quality Management Service, and other related agencies to prevent cases of Japanese seafood being disguised as domestic products.

Additionally, to ensure thorough inspections of seafood at all distribution stages, five portable radiation measurement devices will be supplied to local fisheries cooperatives’ auction sites, and a budget of 55 million KRW has been secured to promote seafood consumption, with countermeasures being prepared together with the fisheries cooperatives to address the contraction in seafood consumption.

Mayor Hong Nam-pyo stated, "Together with the government, we will strengthen inspections of radioactive contaminated water and crack down on any cases of seafood origin falsification to do our best to supply citizens and consumers with healthy and safe seafood."

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