Anchor: Certain egg products in South Korea have found to be contaminated with the same potentially harmful pesticide that has been found in eggs in Europe. Eggs produced and distributed by the farms in question have been banned from sale, and shipments from all farms owning more than three-thousand egg laying hens have also been halted. 
Our Kim Soyon has details.  

Report: The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Tuesday the pesticide Fipronil was found in excess levels at a layer chicken farm in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province on Monday.

Fipronil is used to kill mites and flea in livestock but is banned from being used on chickens as it can be harmful to humans.

The farm where the pesticide was found raises 80-thousand eco-friendly hens, producing around 25-thousand eggs a day. 

The agriculture ministry said the government has been conducting tests on residual pesticide levels at some farms but it's the first time Fipronil has been detected.

Another insecticide, Bifenthrin, has also been found in higher than acceptable levels at a farm in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province where 60-thousand egg laying hens are raised.

The ministry said the distribution and sale of eggs produced from the two farms has been suspended in cooperation with the Food and Drug Safety Ministry and local authorities.

Officials will conduct thorough testing and depending on results, will retrieve and discard the entire volume of eggs from the two farms.

Also starting Tuesday, egg shipments from all farms raising more than three-thousand chickens have been halted. A total inspection will be carried out during three days and only farms that have passed the inspection will be allowed to ship out their eggs. 

Earlier in Europe, amid a growing health scare over tainted eggs, major recalls took place in Germany and the Netherlands. 
Kim Soyon, KBS World Radio News.