Seoul Eco-friendly Distribution Center School Meal Supply Bean Sprout Origin Inspection Results 'No Issues'

Joint Unannounced Inspection by National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service and Seoul City Hall to Verify False Origin Claims of Domestic Soybean Sprouts and Mung Bean Sprouts Supplied for School Meals

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] The Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (President Kim Kyung-ho), which operates the Seoul Eco-friendly Distribution Center, recently conducted a special inspection on school meal bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts that were falsely labeled in terms of origin by other local governments.

The Seoul Eco-friendly Distribution Center, an institution supplying eco-friendly school meal ingredients to elementary, middle, and high schools in the Seoul area, conducted unannounced joint inspections with the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service and Seoul City Hall on three companies delivering domestic bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts on the 1st and 11th of this month, confirming no abnormalities.

Bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts supplied for school meals are required to use domestic beans, but the price difference between domestic bean sprouts beans and mung beans compared to Chinese ones is more than twice as much, and it is true that they are difficult to distinguish visually.

This is the reason why some bean sprout and mung bean sprout suppliers falsely label the origin to reduce costs.

Lee Joo-hee, head of the Livestock and Fisheries Meal Team at the Seoul Eco-friendly Distribution Center, stated, “The three companies supplying bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts are all verified companies certified with HACCP,” adding, “We will continue to ensure the safe supply of food for growing students through thorough management such as unannounced on-site inspections of school meal suppliers within Seoul.”

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