Gyeongbuk's First Red Silkworm Production Facility Receives HACCP Certification... 'Sangju Hongjam' Sericulture Industry Revitalized

Chorok Dream's silkworm pupae production facility, the first in Gyeongbuk to receive HACCP certification.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The first facility in the Gyeongbuk region producing Hongjam, made by steaming and drying silkworms, has obtained HACCP certification.

The Sangju Agricultural Technology Center in Gyeongbuk announced on the 28th that Chorok Dream, a Hongjam production and processing plant promoted as part of the '2020 High-Quality Functional Hongjam Production Technology Pilot Project,' has become the first in Gyeongbuk to receive HACCP certification in the insect processed food category.

HACCP is recognized worldwide as the most effective and efficient food safety management system. The United States, Japan, the European Union, and international organizations recommend applying HACCP to all food products.

Hongjam produced in Sangju, Gyeongbuk, is integrated from silkworm production to processing, and this system is known as a rare production process for Hongjam nationwide.

Hongjam is a method to consume the protein called fibroin inside the body of the 'ripe silkworm' (sukjam). The living 'sukjam' is steamed and cooked, then vacuum freeze-dried to produce Hongjam.

Hongjam contains about 70% abundant protein and various functional components such as amino acids, vitamins, and omega-3.

Jung Yong-hwa, Director of Technology Dissemination, said, "Hongjam will greatly contribute to the high value-added development of the sericulture industry," and added, "We will expand production facilities to diversify the use of silkworms, including immune silkworm feed additives and skin beauty materials."

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