Gyeonggi Province investigates 127 agricultural products... two cases exceeding pesticide residue standards seized and discarded

The Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment Research conducted a safety inspection of residual pesticides in summer agricultural products, and the results showed that 2 out of 127 cases exceeded the standard. The Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment Research conducted a safety inspection of residual pesticides in 30 items, including lettuce, perilla leaves, mustard greens, and peppers, which were circulated within the province from June 16 to July 20. Items with a history of non-compliance in the past three years were selected as priority management targets. After analyzing 475 types of residual pesticides in 127 samples, 125 cases (98.4%) were deemed "compliant" within the standard. However, pesticide components exceeding the allowable limit were detected in one case each of leaf lettuce and kale. In the leaf lettuce, the insecticide component "carbaryl" was detected at 0.04 mg/kg, which is four times the standard limit (0.01 mg/kg), and in the kale, ...