Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (South Korea) · Full chronicle and history

South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety conducted formaldehyde tests on 8 batches of imported Chinese cabbage, and none were found to contain formaldehyde.

On August 26, 2026, South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced test results showing that all eight batches of Chinese-produced cabbage declared for customs clearance on the 24th and 25th tested negative for formaldehyde, with no formaldehyde components detected.

On August 24, 2026, in response to the incident in Hebei, China, where cabbage was dipped in a formaldehyde solution, South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it was verifying with the Chinese side whether the cabbage in question had been exported to South Korea, and that it would conduct up to three formaldehyde tests on imported Chinese cabbage.