Delivered 1,500 tons nationwide by deceiving them as ‘mixed red pepper powder from China → domestically produced’

(Daejeon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Soo-hwan = A group of people who distributed red pepper powder mixed with Chinese products into the market by misrepresenting the origin of the product as domestic was arrested and handed over to the prosecution. The Chungnam Branch of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service announced on the 13th that it had arrested and sent two people, including Mr. A, the CEO of a red pepper powder manufacturer in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, and Mr. B, the factory manager, on charges of violating the law on labeling the country of origin of agricultural and marine products. They are accused of falsely labeling the country of origin of red pepper powder made by mixing Chinese and domestic dried peppers as domestic for two years from March 2022 to February of last year and selling them to food ingredient distributors and kimchi manufacturers nationwide. It was revealed that they sold about 1,503 tons of red pepper powder (equivalent to ...