Gyeonggi Special Judicial Police Crack Down on 55 Businesses for Illegal Activities Including Origin Violations

Major Cases of Illegal Activities in Seafood Handling Restaurants

Gyeonggi Province has identified 55 seafood-handling restaurants that violated related laws by labeling imported seafood as domestic products.

The Gyeonggi Province Special Judicial Police for Public Welfare announced on the 3rd that from February 27 to March 10, they conducted inspections on 360 restaurants handling imported seafood within the province and found violations in 55 of them.

The main violations included ▲false or misleading origin labeling (33 cases) ▲no origin labeling (15 cases) ▲violations of business operator compliance requirements (5 cases) ▲failure to report changes in business area (1 case) ▲violation of food preservation standards (1 case).

According to the current "Act on the Labeling of Origin of Agricultural and Fishery Products," false or misleading origin labeling can result in imprisonment of up to 7 years or a fine of up to 100 million KRW, and failure to label the origin can result in a fine of up to 10 million KRW.

Hong Eun-gi, head of the Gyeonggi Province Special Judicial Police for Public Welfare, stated, "We conducted this investigation to provide an environment where residents can consume seafood with confidence through proper origin labeling," adding, "Illegal activities by some business owners will be strictly punished according to relevant regulations, and we will continue to make every effort to prevent recurrence through ongoing inspections."

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