South Korea: Sugar content added to Shine Muscat grading criteria; improvement of agricultural product standard specifications

The National Agricultural Products Quality Management Institute (Director Park Seong-woo) announced that improved agricultural product packaging and distribution standards that reflect producer and consumer demands will be implemented from the 23rd of this month. The Rural Development Administration revised and announced the ‘Agricultural and Fishery Products Quality Control Act’ to improve the marketability of agricultural products and increase distribution efficiency. The main contents of this revised notice are ▲addition of weight standards for small-package transactions for apples, strawberries, etc. ▲addition of sweetness standards for grapes (Shine Muscat), etc. and adjustment of size classification by grape variety ▲creation of grading standards for 14 grain items and beets ▲Simplification of size classification for melon, watermelon, and sweet persimmon items. ▲Simplification of size classification by variety for persimmon, garlic, and onions. The Rural Development ...