The Korea Institute of Health and Environment conducted a "radioactive material precision test" on 1,900 food ingredients and distributed foods.
○ Inspection of 1,440 food ingredients and 460 distributed food items at the school cafeteria this year is conducted.
- Includes agricultural, marine products, processed foods, and imported marine products such as Japan, Russia, and China, and is open to researchers' website as a result of the survey.
○ Suitable for all 2,005 precision test results of radioactive materials last year
Amid growing concerns over radioactive contamination of Japanese fisheries products due to the recent earthquake in Fukushima, Japan, the Gyeonggi Institute of Health and Environment announced on the 18th that it will conduct a thorough inspection of 1,900 food items, including 1,440 food ingredients.
The inspection items of "food ingredients for catering facilities" include ▲ marine products such as mackerel, shrimp, squid, ▲ vegetables such as lettuce, cucumbers, and mushrooms ▲ apples, pears, and tangerines. The survey will be conducted in the form of pre-monitoring after the provincial government, the education office, and the school meal support center collect food ingredients from suppliers.
"Distribution Agricultural and Fishery Products and Processed Food Inspection" targets agricultural and fisheries products based on this year's Food Safety Management Guidelines, such as white rice, apples, squid, pollack, and kimchi sold in wholesale markets, and other social issues.
The survey includes three categories: iodine (131I) and cesium (134Cs and 137Cs), indicators of contamination of artificial radioactivity. It conducts the largest number of tests in the country through five high-purity germanium gamma-killer (HPGe) equipment.
The institute is releasing the test results on its website (www.gg.go.kr/gg_health) along with item name, country of origin, collection area, and detection concentration).
Oh Jo-kyo, head of the Gyeonggi Institute of Health and Environment, said, "We will make efforts to reduce food insecurity in provincial residents by blocking the inflow of food ingredients containing radioactive materials and strengthening inspections of marine products."
Meanwhile, the Provincial Institute of Health and Environment conducted a total of 2,005 radioactive material tests last year, including 1,273 food ingredients supplied to food facilities in the province and 732 distributed foods. There were more than half of 1,141 fisheries products, 465 agricultural products and 399 processed foods.
As a result of the test, no radioactive materials were detected in the food ingredients at the food service facility, and 4 cases of cesium (137Cs) were detected within the standard level. All 4 cases were imported with 3 blueberry jam and 1 maple syrup.
