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Daejeon to test kimchi-making produce for 429 pesticide residues
Daejeon is testing produce used to make kimchi for pesticide residues through the end of November.
The checks cover vegetables such as cabbage, radish, mustard greens and green onions, as well as seasonings including peppers, garlic and ginger.
The tests will check for 429 pesticide residues in produce sold at wholesale markets and large supermarkets.
Kimchi-making ingredients are in higher demand during the season, so the checks focus on those products.
Produce above legal pesticide limits will be disclosed and removed from sale; authorities may also seize and destroy it and take other legal action.
Earlier this year, 18 of 2,604 wholesale-market samples failed checks, and 863 kilograms were discarded.
Daejeon plans to test kimchi-making produce for 429 pesticide residues through the end of November.
The tests will cover produce sold at the Noeun and Ojeong wholesale markets and large supermarkets.
対象 items include cabbage, radish, mustard greens, green onions, peppers, garlic and ginger.
Produce exceeding pesticide residue limits will be disclosed and subject to sales suspensions, seizure and disposal.
From January through October, inspectors found 18 non-compliant cases among 2,604 batches of produce brought into the wholesale markets.
- Who
- Daejeon Institute of Health and Environment.
- What
- It will test kimchi-making produce for 429 pesticide residues.
- When
- The testing runs through the end of November 2026.
- Where
- Noeun and Ojeong wholesale markets and large supermarkets in Daejeon.
- Why
- The inspection focuses on items consumed more during the kimchi-making season.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The institute inspected 2,604 batches of produce brought into the wholesale markets; 18 failed and 863 kilograms were discarded.
The institute announced the focused testing campaign.
Inspectors will test kimchi-making produce for 429 pesticide residues.
- Residues tested
- 429 pesticide residue items
- Testing period
- Through the end of November 2026
- Markets
- Noeun and Ojeong wholesale markets
- Earlier inspections
- 2,604 batches checked from January to October 2026
- Earlier failures
- 18 batches; 863 kilograms discarded