According to the Vietnam Trade Office in Korea, recently, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) conducted random inspections of imported mango products being sold in the Korean market, including mango products originating from Vietnam and the Philippines with pesticide residues of 0.08 and 0.05, respectively, exceeding the PLS system's regulations (0.01 mg/g).
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| Mangoes originating from Vietnam and the Philippines had pesticide residues of 0.08 and 0.05, respectively, exceeding the prescribed level of the Korean PLS system (0.01 mg/g). |
Vietnamese mango products packaged in 5kg bags were found to contain residues of Permethrin - an active ingredient used to kill stink bugs, leaf-eating worms, flower borers, fruit borers... MFDS has recalled Vietnamese mango products exported by a company in Vietnam to the Korean market and recommends that consumers who have purchased Vietnamese exported mango products return them to the place of sale.
After this recall announcement, no additional shipments of mangoes originating from Vietnam were found to exceed the permitted standards.
The trade office said that mango is a popular tropical fruit product in the Korean market, along with bananas and pineapples, so the demand for consumption is very large. Vietnam's tropical fruit products still have a lot of room in the Korean market.
Although the export turnover of Vietnamese mangoes to Korea has increased from 7.9 million USD (2022) to 9.9 million USD (2023), Vietnamese mango products have not paid attention to pesticide residues, leading to regrettable violations of technical standards for products imported into the Korean market.
According to experts, it is likely that Vietnamese mangoes exceed the permitted threshold because they are grown in areas that have not been cleaned of pesticides and are scattered, making it difficult to control the entire process of planting, harvesting and treating moisture. Therefore, Vietnamese authorities need to further promote information dissemination and early warning for Vietnamese mango exporting enterprises.
Previously, in 2023, frozen chili products from Vietnam Nam being sold in the Korean market were also recalled by MFDS due to the detection of PLS residue exceeding the permissible threshold when randomly checking frozen chili products imported from Vietnam.
If such incidents are not promptly prevented, they will negatively affect the image of Vietnamese agricultural products. Therefore, the Vietnam Trade Office in Korea recommends that agricultural processing and exporting enterprises in general strictly comply with Korean regulations on pesticide residue levels when exporting agricultural products to this market.
Source: https://congthuong.vn/lo-ngai-nong-san-bi-canh-bao-du-luong-thuoc-bao-ve-thuc-vat-tai-han-quoc-323763.html
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