Conducting inspections on marine products consumed in winter, such as oysters, seaweed, and gwamegi

Testing for norovirus, heavy metals, veterinary drugs, etc.

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[메디컬투데이=최유진 기자] Highly consumed marine products, such as raw oysters, dried seaweed, and gwamegi, which are heavily produced in winter, are collected and tested for norovirus, heavy metals, and veterinary drugs.

According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, from the 11th of this month to February 28th of next year, together with local governments and six regional food and drug safety offices, intensive collection and inspection will be conducted on highly consumed marine products that are heavily produced in the winter.

The target of this collection and inspection is a total of 690 items, including simply processed marine products such as dried seaweed, gwamegi, pollack, and anchovies sold online and offline, as well as raw oysters and raw fish, and the collected marine products focus on items with a history of nonconformity. It is scheduled to be inspected.

We plan to test raw oysters for E. coli and norovirus, and check whether dried seaweed is used as a sweetener such as sodium saccharin. In addition, gwamegi, pollack, anchovies, etc. are checked to see if they meet heavy metal standards, and Baedalhoe is tested for veterinary drugs and food poisoning bacteria.

We plan to quickly ban and recall marine products that are found to be non-conforming as a result of the inspection, and disclose non-conforming information on the Food Safety Nation website.

Medical Today Reporter Choi Yu-jin (gjf256@mdtoday.co.kr)

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