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Part | Charger | doctorysu | date | 08/07/17 | |
Korea's national quarantine service said Thursday that it will tighten inspections on all Chilean pork imports following the discovery of a second package ontaining a toxic compound, reported Yonhap News Agency.
The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) said the dioxin level in the fat sent by the meat packer Faenadora as 5.4 picograms, which exceeds the limit of 2 picograms set by Seoul. One picogram is equivalent to one trillionth of a gram.
This is the second discovery of high levels of dioxin in Chilean pork. The quarantine agency said last Thursday that the Famisa meat company sent pork with a dioxin level of 3.9 picograms.
It added that the entire 6.2 ton shipment containing the contaminated package will be returned, with authorities to implement tighter quarantine inspections in the future.
"The move calls for detailed toxic testing on five consecutive import shipments from all meat exporters from the South American country," said a NVRQS official.
Countries usually check only a certain percentage of imported meat because of the time and expense required to inspect more packages.
He added that Seoul is asking Chile to find the source of the toxic compound, which can damage the human immune system and cause cancer.
The official, however, said Seoul will not ban all imports from Chile, but will call for the temporary suspension of shipments from the meat packer that sent tainted pork.
Chile is the second-largest exporter of pork to Korea after the United States, with 17,134 tons being imported as of this month.
An excerpt from 'The Korea Herald'
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