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Part | Charger | doctorysu | date | 08/08/26 | |
South Korea will temporarily halt quarantine inspections on all Chilean pork following the discovery of a third package of dioxin-tainted meat, the government was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said it found two packages totaling 11 tons of pork that had
more than the permissible levels of the toxic compound.
The level of dioxin reached 6.2-8.3 picograms of the cancer-causing substance in the fat, surpassing the 2-picogram limit set by Seoul and the maximum 1 picogram established by the European Union. One picogram is equivalent to one
trillionth of a gram.
This is the third time in a little over a month that dioxin has been discovered in Chilean imports from two different
exporters. The first case was reported on July 3, followed by a second a week later.
Authorities said the latest discovery of tainted meat involves a third meat packer, indicating that there may be a systemic problem with meat being exported by the South American country. This meat exporter had already shipped 832 tons of
pork to South Korea this year.
"Because half of the six meat packers that currently export pork to South Korea were involved, halting quarantine
inspections is a prudent countermeasure until Chilean authorities provide a detailed reason for such developments and give assurances that such shipments will not be sent to South Korea," a ministry source said.
Chile is the second-largest exporter of pork to South Korea after the United States, with imports reaching 45,060 tons
worth $119.4 million in 2007.
2008.08.19
Excerpted from 'The Korea Herald'
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