Seongnam City Inspects 'Origin Labeling' at 4,450 Restaurants

Seongnam City Hall

The city of Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province will conduct origin labeling guidance and inspections for 4,450 restaurants from May 1 to July 31.

During this period, Seongnam City will form an inspection team of 18 agricultural and fishery product origin labeling monitors to visit the restaurants and check compliance with origin labeling for 24 agricultural, livestock, and fishery product items, while promoting correct origin labeling methods.

The agricultural products subject to origin labeling include three items: napa cabbage kimchi (napa cabbage and red pepper powder), rice, and soybeans. The livestock products include six items: beef, pork, chicken, duck, lamb, and goat.

The fishery products include 15 items such as flatfish, rockfish, red seabream, loach, eel, and octopus.

The inspection team will check whether the labeling standards are followed so that consumers can verify the origin, and whether receipts for livestock products are kept.

Minor violations found during inspections will be corrected on site. However, violations such as false, confusing, or disguised origin labeling will be subject to prosecution or fines ranging from 50,000 to 10 million KRW under the "Act on the Origin Labeling of Agricultural and Fishery Products."

A city official stated, "There is high public interest in food origin labeling," adding, "We will continuously inspect whether administrative guidance matters such as compliance and changes in origin labeling are properly followed to raise business operators' awareness and guarantee consumers' right to know."

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