South Korea: Chinese clams transformed into domestic products, Busan city detects 18 businesses violating country of origin

Published 2024년 4월 18일

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Between February 28 and April 5, the Busan City Special Judicial Police Department conducted a crackdown on 130 businesses dealing with imported agricultural and marine products, finding illegal activities in 18 of them. These included mislabeling the country of origin, extending expiration dates, storing expired products for sale, and violating labeling standards. Notably, some restaurants falsely sold imported marine products as domestic, and one company profited by mixing cheaper Chinese clams with domestic ones. Additionally, companies were found selling unlabeled Chinese grains. All 18 businesses are set to be prosecuted to ensure food safety and maintain a healthy food environment.

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(Busan = Yonhap News) Reporter Cho Jung-ho = A large number of companies were caught making unfair profits by selling imported marine products by disguising them as domestic products or mixing them with domestic products. The Busan City Special Judicial Police Department announced on the 18th that it conducted a special crackdown on 130 businesses handling imported agricultural and marine products from February 28 to April 5, and discovered illegal activities at 18 businesses, including misrepresentation of origin. The businesses caught were ▲ 9 for falsely (confusingly) labeling the country of origin, ▲ 1 for arbitrarily extending the expiration date, ▲ 1 for storing expired products for the purpose of manufacturing or selling them, and ▲ 7 for storing and selling products in violation of labeling standards. There were no illegal acts targeting Japanese agricultural and marine products. In the case of general restaurants where illegal activities were detected, most were caught ...

Source: Yna