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Nonggwanwon-Local Governments Conduct Inspections on 5,600 Businesses

The National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service announced on the 23rd that from the 28th of this month to November 10th, it will conduct pesticide distribution inspections nationwide in cooperation with local governments, targeting approximately 5,600 registered pesticide sales businesses.

Since this year, the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service has been responsible for distribution inspections of domestically sold pesticides, a task transferred from the Rural Development Administration.

Prior to the inspections, in the first half of the year, the agency focused on guiding and promoting compliance with the prohibition of smuggled pesticide sales and sales record management to sales businesses nationwide. Additionally, in late July, promotional materials highlighting important points such as the price labeling system during pesticide sales were produced and distributed, encouraging sales businesses affiliated with the National Crop Protection Distribution Association and the NongHyup Economic Holdings to manage themselves voluntarily.

This distribution inspection aims to prevent damage to farmers by blocking illegal pesticide distribution and to establish a proper pesticide commercial order. In particular, it plans to focus on ▲ handling of illicit pesticides such as smuggled or illegally manufactured pesticides ▲ handling of substandard pesticides such as those past their efficacy guarantee period ▲ violations of pesticide handling restriction standards and the price labeling system. Violating businesses will face administrative sanctions and fines.

Park Seong-woo, Director of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service, said, "From this year, the post-management of distributed pesticides will be conducted by the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service, which has a nationwide organizational network. We expect that strict management of distributed pesticides will significantly reduce inconveniences for farmers."

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