Gyeonggi Special Judicial Police Focus on Investigating 'Illegal Activities in Online Food Trading and Home Meal Replacements'

From 2.21 to 3.4: Compliance with Standards and Specifications, False Origin, Expiration Date, and Storage Management

Reference photo [Gyeonggi-do]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] The Gyeonggi Province Special Judicial Police Unit will conduct an intensive investigation into illegal activities of online food trading and home meal replacement manufacturing and sales companies from the 21st of this month to the 4th of next month.

The investigation targets 360 companies within the province that manufacture and sell home meal replacements (instant cooked foods, ready-to-eat foods, simple cooking sets, etc.).

The main investigation items include ▲selling or manufacturing/processing/using foods that violate standards and specifications ▲failure to prepare production work logs and transaction statements for products ▲false labeling of product origin, among others.

Those who sell, manufacture, or process foods that violate standards and specifications will face imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to 50 million KRW.

Additionally, violations of business operator compliance such as failure to prepare production work logs and transaction statements will result in imprisonment of up to 3 years or a fine of up to 30 million KRW, and falsely labeling the product’s raw materials as domestic will result in imprisonment of up to 7 years or a fine of up to 100 million KRW.

Kim Min-kyung, head of the Gyeonggi Province Special Judicial Police Unit, said, "As the demand for home meal replacements increases, we planned this investigation to ensure the safety of residents' food. We will focus on heavily consumed foods and strongly punish illegal activities according to relevant laws."

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