Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries safety management of marine products in South Korea

Published 2023년 4월 24일

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The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in Korea is taking steps to ensure the safety of seafood distributed within the country. This includes expanding radioactivity testing of aquatic products, imposing import bans on marine products from certain Japanese prefectures, and managing the distribution history of imported marine products. The ministry also plans to strengthen fines for non-marking of origin and labeling method violations. Additionally, a public application radioactivity test system is in place, and a country of origin mandatory labeling system is being implemented for all aquatic products. A public communication group for aquatic product safety will also be created to share information and policy directions.

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The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries said that seafood distributed in Korea is safe through seafood safety management. First of all, since 2015, it has been investigating radioactive materials in the domestic coastal waters, and it is expanding the radioactivity test of aquatic products at the production stage. Subsequently, import bans are imposed on all marine products from Japan’s 8 prefectures (Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, and Chiba), and additional nuclide testing is also conducted when trace amounts of iodine and cesium are detected on marine products imported from Japan. said he was doing In addition, the items subject to the distribution history management of imported marine products were expanded from 6 items before the nuclear power plant accident to 21 items as of 2023, and the mandatory labeling system for restaurants was announced to increase from 6 items in 2012 to 20 items by July this year. In addition, the standards for ...

Source: Fisheco