Daejeon Special Judicial Police Crack Down on 4 School Meal Fraudulent Suppliers

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Daejeon Special Judicial Police recently conducted a planned investigation targeting livestock product suppliers for school meals and announced on the 27th that four companies were caught violating the Livestock Products Hygiene Control Act.

According to the Special Judicial Police, the main violations by the caught companies were ▲false labeling of expiration dates ▲violation of standards and specifications ▲storage of unlabeled products for sale ▲selling frozen meat as refrigerated meat ▲false issuance of transaction statements ▲failure to prepare production and work record documents.

The Special Judicial Police plan to impose both criminal penalties and administrative measures on the caught companies.

Lee Junho, head of the Civil Life Judicial Police Division of the city, said, “School meals are crucial for protecting the health of students in their growth period and have an important impact on improving their physical condition, so supplying safe ingredients is of utmost importance,” adding, “The Special Judicial Police will continue investigations to ensure a safe school meal environment.”

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