The consumption of “ready-to-eat” agricultural products is recently increasing and the safety of these agricultural products is forefront of public concerns. The 120 samples of paprikas, strawberries and tomatoes, which are the representative exported agricultural products, were purchased at the department stores and discount stores in Daejeon. And we determined the microbiological and parasitological contamination level of these agricultural products using culture media, multiplex PCR, commercial bacterial detection kit and microscopy, and also evaluated the decontamination method. Mean counts of total aerobic bacteria from these agricultural products ranged from 1.3×104 CFU/g to 1.8×105 CFU/g, and mean counts of coliforms ranged from 1.4×103 CFU/g to 9.6×103 CFU/g. There was no significant difference in the level of bacterial contamination between the agricultural products from department stores and the ones from discount stores. Strawberry showed the highest contamination level for the bacteria and we also found the unidentified parasite eggs. Enterobacter cloacae was the most frequently isolated bacteria strain, but no food poisoning pathogenic bacteria except Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the products by multiplex PCR. Compared to unwashed products, tab water-washed ones showed 80% decrease of the counts of total aerobic bacteria on the agricultural products, and the rates decreased more by incorporating detergent or ultrasonic wave treatment. We concluded that the biological contamination levels among paprikas, strawberries and tomatoes were the highest in strawberries, but there were not significant difference according to distribution systems.

더덕 종자의 파종시 산파에 의한 종자 손실이 클 뿐만 아니라 입모 후 잡초 발생에 의한 제초 관리가 어려워 재배 농가에서 어려움이 많아 발아 미세환경을 개선시킬 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 기계화 점파 및 멀칭 재배가 가능하고 제초문제를 해결할 수 있는 더덕 종자 펠렛팅 연구를 실시하였던 바 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 다양한 피복물질을 이용한 펠렛팅 종자의 발아율은 PID처리가 가장 높았으며 Illite, PIT, Diatomite, BT 순으로 높게 나타났다. 접착물질은 PVP 처리가 가장 발아율이 높았으며 PVA, XG, CMC, AG 순으로 높게 나타났다. 펠렛팅 종자의 피복소재별 성형율, 강도는 PID 가 가장 좋았으며, 발아율에 가장 좋은 물리적 특성은 수분 접촉시 split형의 1/2 균열이 생기고 수분 흡수력은 S자형의 흡수 양상을 보였다. 토양함수량에 따른 발아율은 50% 조건에서 PID처리가 가장 좋았으며, 수분함수량이 높을수록 펠렛팅 종자의 발아율은 증가되는 경향이었다.