'Untrustworthy Food Service Establishments in Golf Courses'... Gyeonggi-do Catches 17 Places Selling Substandard Food

Graphic Data on the Sale of Substandard Food Products at Food Service Establishments within Golf Courses in Gyeonggi-do

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province has identified 17 food service establishments within golf courses that violated related laws by using expired products or falsely labeling the origin of products.

The Gyeonggi Province Civil Special Judicial Police Unit announced on the 31st that from the 4th to the 14th, they inspected 118 food service establishments within 82 golf courses across 8 cities and counties in the province, including Anseong, Yongin, and Yeoju, and found 17 establishments (18 cases) violating the Food Sanitation Act and the Origin Labeling Act.

Among the major cases, a food service establishment at Golf Course A was caught storing 6.8kg of four types of food, including chili sauce that was 50 days past its expiration date, for cooking and sales purposes without labeling them as for disposal or educational use.

A cafeteria within Golf Course B violated food preservation standards by storing 5.2kg of five types of food, including unsalted butter that should have been kept frozen, in refrigeration for cooking and sales purposes.

At a rest area restaurant within Golf Course C, 20kg of Chinese-made kimchi was falsely labeled as domestic and used and stored for cooking and sales purposes, leading to the crackdown.

A food service establishment at Golf Course D was found to have used groundwater instead of tap water for drinking, cooking, and washing food without conducting the legally required regular water quality inspections.

According to the current Food Sanitation Act, violating food preservation standards can result in imprisonment for up to 5 years or a fine of up to 50 million KRW. Storing expired products, foods, or raw materials for manufacturing, processing, cooking, or sales purposes, or using groundwater instead of tap water for drinking, cooking, or washing food without regular water quality inspections by authorized institutions, can each result in imprisonment for up to 3 years or a fine of up to 30 million KRW.

The Origin Labeling Act stipulates that false or misleading origin labeling can lead to imprisonment for up to 7 years or a fine of up to 100 million KRW.

Kim Min-kyung, head of the Gyeonggi Province Civil Special Judicial Police Unit, emphasized, "This crackdown was carried out to provide a safe food environment for residents using food service establishments within golf courses and to prevent illegal activities. Illegal acts by some business owners will be strictly punished according to relevant regulations, and we will continue to conduct ongoing inspections to prevent recurrence."

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