South Korea: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety recalls frozen red peppers from Vietnam that exceed pesticide residue standards

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cho Hyun-young = The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 30th that pesticide residues exceeding the standard level were detected in frozen red peppers from Vietnam sold on the market, so the products will be discontinued and recalled. The items subject to recall are products imported by the importer ‘Hansung Global’ and distributed and sold by the sales company ‘Changan’. The packaging date is indicated as December 15th of last year. In this product, 'tricyclazole', a fungicide mainly used for rice cultivation, was found to be detected at 0.14 mg/kg, exceeding the standard of '0.01 mg/kg or less'. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety quickly recalled the product ...