Seizure and disposal of 4 cases including spinach and garland chrysanthemum detected with residual pesticides exceeding the standard level

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ye-na = The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety collected and inspected 385 agricultural products distributed and sold all over the country. It was announced on the 23rd that it was discarded. This inspection was conducted on 41 agricultural products sold at marts and local food stores from June 4 to this month. In particular, among agricultural products that consumers frequently visit during the summer, the KFDA reported that the inspection was focused on items that were found to be non-conformity in the pesticide residue test several times. As a result of the test, in one spinach produced in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, 7.6mg/kg of the'pyridalyl' component was detected, exceeding the reference value of 5.0mg/kg. In the case of Angelicae produced in Damyang, Jeollanam-do, the'fendimetallin' component was 0.44mg/kg, which is 9 times the standard value (0.05mg/kg). An official from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety emphasized that "agricultural ...