South Korea: Withdraw the plan to switch to competitive bidding for military meals

The National Livestock Products Association (Chairman Cho Gyu-yong, Gyeonggi Gapyeong Livestock Cooperative Association) has urged the Ministry of National Defense to withdraw its plan to convert the military food service to competitive bidding. On September 29, the executives of the council held a protest with the military-supplied farmers in front of the main gate of the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and issued a statement containing these details. 40 livestock cooperatives and product associations that supply livestock products to military units are registered as members of the council. The council demanded that "immediately stop the conversion to competitive bidding for military meals for large food material companies and livestock importers," the council said. In fact, some military units have caused a lot of controversy by designating the importing countries for each part of livestock products after converting military food ingredients to ...