South Korea: Detected false indication of origin of US-made 'Carlos' rice

Last year, imports of imported agricultural products, such as rice, onions, and sesame seeds, which were sold without labeling or deceived their origin, were found to be widespread as the prices of major agricultural products increased due to sluggish production. As a result of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service inspecting the country of origin labeling from January 18th to February 10th, it was revealed that the Buffet A restaurant in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, cooked and sold 9.2 tons of American rice with rice and sold them as domestically. Daegu's B drug dealer falsely labeled Chinese jujubes as domestic, and Busan's C distributor sold Japanese onions and did not indicate the country of origin. At the D rice cake house in Gwangju Metropolitan City, sesame oil made from Chinese sesame seeds was stored for sale without an indication of the country of origin. Sales of Korean beef and kimchi were also popular. The E meat shop in Ulsan tricked all of the ...