Second Special Inspection of Imported Seafood Origin Labeling Conducted

A second special inspection of imported seafood origin labeling will be conducted from the 19th to June 5th. In this special inspection, a 'joint public-private inspection team' consisting of investigation officials from the National Fisheries Quality Management Service and honorary surveillance officers will focus on checking five seafood items. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries previously conducted a first special inspection from March 10th to 28th targeting three items with high import volumes such as frozen croaker, frozen mackerel, and frozen blue crab, as well as six items with frequent false origin labeling cases including live octopus, live sea bream, and live scallops. In this special inspection, the ministry plans to check five major items including live sea bream, octopus, webfoot octopus, live scallops, and squid during fishing moratorium and restricted fishing periods, and inspect over 1,500 handling businesses. If the origin is falsely labeled, a prison sentence ...