Food safey problems in Korea
Korean government agencies including the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have failed to regulate the supply of tainted food, the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) reported according to The Korea Times.
The report says many agricultural and livestock products containing insecticides and antibiotics in excess of regulated standards were distributed to consumers between January 2002 and August 2004. The report is based on the BAI’s inspection of 29 central and provincial government agencies nationwide for three months from last September.
Ministry officials also failed to ban the circulation of livestock that had tested positive for antibiotics. According to the report, 14 government offices, including a Seoul office, neglected to inform the public of 865 out of 2,227 violating farms and distributors.
Consumers, as tax payers, expect the government to keep up the pressure on food producers. What message does this send to the public? It is very worrying that food with residues of instecticdes and antibiotics is sold, and that the Korean government system is not working.
Please click here to go to the BAI website
The report says many agricultural and livestock products containing insecticides and antibiotics in excess of regulated standards were distributed to consumers between January 2002 and August 2004. The report is based on the BAI’s inspection of 29 central and provincial government agencies nationwide for three months from last September.
Ministry officials also failed to ban the circulation of livestock that had tested positive for antibiotics. According to the report, 14 government offices, including a Seoul office, neglected to inform the public of 865 out of 2,227 violating farms and distributors.
Consumers, as tax payers, expect the government to keep up the pressure on food producers. What message does this send to the public? It is very worrying that food with residues of instecticdes and antibiotics is sold, and that the Korean government system is not working.
Please click here to go to the BAI website
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