On April 12, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of South Korea announced that: from April 12 to the end of June, South Korea will conduct centralized inspections of imported shellfish for paralytic shellfish toxins.

The objects of this inspection are 35 species of clams, scallops, white clams, sea rainbows, purple stone clams, hard clams, and cockles from 25 countries in Asia, South America, and Oceania, which are more consumed by Korean citizens.

It is expected that random sampling inspections will be carried out to conduct a monthly inspection of paralytic shellfish toxins (standard: 0.8 mg/kg or less) for each exporting country, each overseas production enterprise and each species.

According to statistics, 256 of the 8446 shellfish declared for import were inspected in 2020, and no unqualified products were found.

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