Suwon Agricultural and Aquatic Products Wholesale Market Seafood "Consume with Confidence"

[Suwon Ilbo=Correspondent Seo Dong-young] Ten types of seafood distributed at Suwon Agricultural and Aquatic Products Wholesale Market received a "conformity" rating in heavy metal safety inspections.

On the 19th, Suwon Agricultural and Aquatic Products Wholesale Market requested heavy metal safety inspections from the Agricultural and Aquatic Products Safety Testing Division of the Gyeonggi Province Institute of Health and Environment for 10 types of seafood distributed in the market.

The seafood subject to inspection included amberjack, mullet, frozen pollock, frozen mackerel, frozen saury, oyster, octopus, mussel, cockle, and blue crab.

The Gyeonggi Province Institute of Health and Environment conducted inspections to determine whether heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and cadmium exceeded the standard levels and notified the results on the 26th, stating "all samples are safe."

The wholesale market regularly conducts heavy metal and radioactivity safety inspections of distributed seafood. Since January 2014, it has conducted safety inspections on 205 cases of distributed seafood across 25 occasions, with all receiving conformity ratings.

Oh Se-hwan, head of the Suwon City Agricultural and Aquatic Products Wholesale Market Management Division, stated "Suwon Agricultural and Aquatic Products Wholesale Market also received conformity ratings in tap water food poisoning bacterial inspections (June) and radioactivity inspections (August)," and added "We will continue to make efforts so that residents can consume seafood with confidence."