South Korea: Fake red pepper powder mixed with Dadaegi and red pepper seed powder from China

11 companies and 17 people, including their CEO, who sold spice products mixed with low-priced Chinese tea, pretending to be red pepper powder made of 100% dried red pepper, were charged with violating the ‘Food Sanitation Act’ and the ‘Act on Labeling and Advertising of Food, etc.’ The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on July 25 that it had been sent to the prosecution. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety determined that there would be more similar illegal activities after detecting Company A for selling spice products by disguising them as red pepper powder in November last year, and investigated red pepper powder sold at low prices in online shopping malls, etc., and caught 10 additional companies and placed them under investigation. got started. As a result of the investigation, Company A made fake red pepper powder by mixing low-priced Chinese red pepper and red pepper seed powder instead of expensive red pepper in order to make economic gains by reducing costs for ...