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There are farmers who have suffered great damage because pesticides that have not been sprayed have been detected in agricultural products that have been
certified as eco-friendly. I filed a lawsuit and won, but the damages remain the same, and similar damages follow here and there.

JIBS Kim Dong-eun is a journalist.

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It's time for the
harvest to finish, but for some reason the citrus is dumped in the fields.

This is because it was eliminated from the renewal of the certification of eco-friendly organic agricultural products in August last year.

It is claimed that the delivery of eco-friendly citrus has failed, causing damage of more than tens of millions of won.

[Kim Young-ran/Eco-friendly (organic) agricultural products certified farmer: Since I destroyed all the trust I had built, will I have the power to rebuild this (trust)...]

The problem is that synthetic pesticides were identified during the farm's organic agricultural product certification process last year.

After failing certification due to unused pesticides, the farmer filed a lawsuit and won the case two months ago.

There is a possibility that pesticides could be blown away by the wind from nearby farms, but it is unfair to cancel the certification without a hearing.

However, it still has not been able to regain its certification status and is even considering a lawsuit for damages.

The certification body said it was true that the pesticide had been identified and that it would consult with the farmer to conduct a hearing.

The problem is that these unintentional pesticide detections in eco-friendly farms are continuing across the country.

However, because farmers need to prove the cause of detection, certification is usually abandoned.

[Kim Hyo-joon/President of Jeju Eco-friendly Agriculture Association: It's very difficult to be eco-friendly, it's like walking on thin ice, you never know when I'm going to be canceled.]

Experts point out that the review process also needs to prepare supplementary measures that can be verified by relevant institutions such as the Institute of Agricultural Technology.

(Video Interview: JIBS)