Ahead of the Chuseok holiday, the Gyeonggi-do Animal Health Testing Laboratory collected 81 cases of Korean beef being distributed at butcher shops (meat stores) in the province from the 16th of last month to the 15th of this month and conducted a genetic (DNA) test. The results were 1. It was announced on the 26th that the case was found to be non-Korean beef.
At the butcher shop that sold fake Korean beef, four additional cases of Korean beef with false history numbers were detected.
In order to prevent low-grade Korean beef from being falsely labeled with the history number of another individual with excellent meat quality, the Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory checks whether the DNA of slaughtered beef and distributed beef matches. For example, this refers to the practice of changing grade 1 Korean beef into other Korean beef that has received a two-plus grade.
The Provincial Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory notified the results of the inspection to the city with jurisdiction over the businesses caught in accordance with the Food Labeling and Advertising Act and the Livestock Product History Act to file a complaint and impose a fine of up to 5 million won.
Park Gyeong-ae, director of the Provincial Animal Hygiene Testing Center, said, “As the violative businesses have been confirmed, we will expand the target to include livestock product discount stores, butcher restaurants, and meat stores in the future and conduct comprehensive collection inspections.” “We will continue to conduct thorough inspections until the sale of fake Korean beef is eradicated.” “We will pursue this,” he said.
(Suwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Gyeong-tae = Ahead of the Chuseok holiday, the Gyeonggi-do Animal Health Testing Laboratory collected 81 cases of Korean beef being distributed at butcher shops (meat stores) in the province from the 16th of last month to the 15th of this month and conducted a genetic (DNA) test. The results were 1. It was announced on the 26th that the case was found to be non-Korean beef. At the butcher shop that sold fake Korean beef, four additional cases of Korean beef with false history numbers were detected. In order to prevent low-grade Korean beef from being falsely labeled with the history number of another individual with excellent meat quality, the Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory checks whether the DNA of slaughtered beef and distributed beef matches. For example, this refers to the practice of changing grade 1 Korean beef into other Korean beef that has received a two-plus grade. The Provincial Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory notified the results ...
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