Provided by Gyeonggi-do
The Gyeonggi Provincial Public Welfare Special Judicial Police Corps announced on the 3rd that it had uncovered 55 seafood restaurants that violated related laws, such as labeling and using foreign seafood as domestic.
From February 27th to March 10th, the special envoys cracked down on 360 restaurants handling imported seafood and caught 55 of them.
The violations were 33 cases of false and confused indication of origin, 15 cases of non-indication of origin, 5 cases of violation of business operator compliance, 1 case of non-reporting of business area change, and 1 violation of food preservation standards.
In the case of major detections, business A indicated the country of origin for sea bream and scallops as domestic and Japanese on the country of origin board, but in reality, Japanese products were used, and octopus was labeled as domestic and Chinese, but the country of origin was false (confusion) by using Chinese products. detected as a sign. Business B indicated the country of origin for sea bream as domestic on the country of origin sign, but used Japanese origin.
In accordance with the ‘Act on the Labeling of Origin of Agricultural and Fishery Products’, if the country of origin is displayed in a false or confusing manner, imprisonment for up to 7 years or a fine of up to 100 million won is imposed, and if the country of origin is not indicated, a fine of up to 10 million won is imposed. .
An official from the special envoy said, “We pursued an investigation to provide an environment where citizens can consume seafood safely with the correct country of origin indication. We will do our best to prevent a recurrence.”