South Korea: Squid and eel are brought in fresher

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 18th that it signed an electronic hygiene certificate business agreement (MOU) with Peru’s National Fisheries Health and Safety Agency, the number one importer of squid and conger eel in Korea (pictured). The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced this on the 18th, saying that the business agreement was signed during the summit between President Yoon Seok-yeol and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte held the previous day. Under this MOU, the two countries will work together to build and link a transmission and reception system utilizing blockchain technology to replace paper hygiene certificates required for importing seafood with electronic certificates. A paper hygiene certificate is a document used by the exporting country’s government to prove that its seafood complies with Korea’s hygiene standards according to the seafood hygiene agreement. The plan is to eliminate the risk of forgery and alteration of electronic ...