"Our Seafood Is Safe" Lee Gang-deok, Mayor of Pohang, Joins Seafood Consumption Challenge

"We Will Do Our Best to Ensure Seafood Safety and Promote Consumption"

Mayor Lee Gang-deok of Pohang participated in the seafood consumption revitalization challenge on the 22nd.

Mayor Lee Gang-deok of Pohang participated in the seafood consumption promotion challenge on the 22nd.

This challenge is being conducted as a relay campaign initiated by Minister Cho Seung-hwan of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries through social networking services (SNS) to promote seafood consumption amid growing public concerns about seafood safety following the recent discharge of contaminated water from Fukushima and the resulting decline in seafood consumption.

Participants in this challenge post photos holding placards promoting seafood consumption revitalization and recommend the next participants.

Mayor Lee Gang-deok joined the challenge on the 20th after being nominated by Seong Dae-hoon, Chief of Pohang Coast Guard, holding placards that read, "Our seafood is safe! Please enjoy it with confidence!" and "Our seafood is thoroughly checked! Pohang City stands with you."

The mayor recommended Jeon Seong-su, Mayor of Seocho District, and Jo Jae-gu, Mayor of Nam District, Daegu, as the next participants in the challenge.

Mayor Lee Gang-deok of Pohang said, "I hope this challenge will serve as an opportunity to invigorate the fishing village economy," and added, "Since Pohang City is thoroughly managing and strengthening monitoring to ensure seafood safety, I ask for your great interest so that seafood consumption can be revitalized ahead of the Chuseok holiday."

Since June, Pohang City has been analyzing samples using one high-purity germanium gamma nuclide analyzer and two seawater quality inspection pretreatment facilities. As of the 26th, 158 cases at the seafood production and distribution stages and 6 seawater cases have been inspected, all of which were confirmed to be safe with suitable results.

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