MoF "Cheonil Salt, No Supply Issues... Safe from Nuclear Plant Contaminated Water"

Current Status of Seafood Safety Management in Our Waters

Song Sang-geun, Vice Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, stated on the 19th, "The production of solar salt has been gradually recovering since this month, so there is no supply problem," and urged people to refrain from purchasing solar salt due to misleading rumors that "salt will be contaminated if nuclear power plant wastewater is discharged."

On the same day, Vice Minister Song made these remarks during a daily briefing on the discharge of Fukushima nuclear power plant wastewater held at the Government Seoul Office.

He emphasized, "The recent shortage of solar salt and the increase in salt prices are fundamentally caused by reduced production due to weather conditions in April and May," adding, "Production is expected to normalize in June and July."

According to on-site inspections conducted by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries in Shinan-gun, production from June 1 to 16 exceeded 20,000 tons. The ministry forecasts that if the current trend continues, the total production for June will comfortably reach the average level of 40,000 tons and could even reach 50,000 tons.

He further stated, "I urge you not to be misled by completely unscientific rumors that 'salt will be contaminated if nuclear power plant wastewater is discharged,'" and added, "Our solar salt is safe now and will remain safe in the future."

Song Sang-geun, Vice Minister of Oceans and Fisheries. (File photo)

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