Jeju Island, 'source blocking' of non-quarantined citrus distribution

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is taking steps to block the distribution of substandard tangerines in the market from the outset. The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced that it is conducting inspections on the distribution of substandard tangerines in response to the significant reduction in tangerine production this year and illegal activities such as forced coloring by some wholesalers. The province designated the period from October 10 to October 17 as a special inspection period for the distribution of substandard tangerines from open fields and conducted special inspections in collaboration with private tangerine distribution supervisors at 384 wholesalers in the mainland wholesale markets and traditional markets in the Jeju region. The province expects this year's tangerine production to be 395,700 tons, the lowest level ever, and believes that if substandard tangerines are distributed from the early shipment of ultra-early tangerines from open fields, it ...