‘Garak Market’ also checks…imports of foreign cabbages

Source: Nongmin Newspaper (reporter Seo Hyo-sang) https://www.nongmin.com/article/20260909500790 ‘Garak Market’ also on high alert... Inspection of imported cabbages Input: 2026-09-11 00:00 Item code for napa cabbages and leaf cabbages unified, applied The Korea Rural Economic Institute, each unified The safety issue of fresh cabbages from China has come to the forefront, leading to heightened scrutiny of foreign cabbages at the nation’s largest public agricultural wholesale market. The Seoul Metropolitan Agricultural Corporation recently conducted a thorough inspection of the import trends of cabbages in Garak Market. This follows the spread of a video around August 24 showing cabbages from a farm in Hebei Province, China, being soaked in a solution suspected to be a Class 1 carcinogen, formaldehyde, and then shipped out, causing a domestic and international uproar. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Agricultural Corporation, no foreign head cabbages (cabbages with formed heads) have been imported into Garak Market this year up until the 3rd of this month. However, it has been confirmed that 1397 tons of Chinese napa cabbages and leaf cabbages have been imported. This is reported to be 4.5% of the total amount of napa cabbages and leaf cabbages imported into Garak Market during the same period, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Agricultural Corporation. The Seoul Metropolitan Agricultural Corporation unified the item codes applied during the auction of napa cabbages and leaf cabbages and has been applying them since the 1st. They have standardized cylindrical napa cabbages with yellow outer leaves as napa cabbages, and leaf cabbages with individual blue leaves the size of a palm as leaf cabbages. An official from the Seoul Metropolitan Agricultural Corporation said, “Up until now, auctions in Garak Market were conducted using the names given by the regions of origin, such as trimmed cabbages, napa cabbages, and leaf cabbages, leading to a decline in the reliability of auction data by wholesale market corporations.” “In order to accurately grasp the total amount of fresh cabbages imported into Garak Market and the foreign proportion by item, we standardized the item codes.” Reporter Seo Hyo-sang

Source: Nongmin News (Reporter Seohyo Jang) https://www.nongmin.com/article/20260909500790 ‘Garak Market’ also takes action... Inspection of imported cabbages Input: 2026-09-11 00:00 Item code for napa cabbages and leaf cabbages unified, applied The Seoul Metropolitan Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, the largest public wholesale market for agricultural products in the country, is also paying attention to the handling of foreign cabbages amid concerns over the safety of fresh cabbages from China. The Seoul Metropolitan Agricultural Corporation recently conducted a thorough inspection of the import situation of cabbages in Garak Market. This follows the spread of a video around August 24 showing cabbages from a field in Hebei Province, China, being soaked in a solution suspected to be formaldehyde, a Group 1 carcinogen, and then shipped out, causing a domestic and international uproar. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Agricultural Corporation, there have been no imports of ...