”Japanese scallops” distributed in Incheon... ”Country of origin” is ”undisclosed” and ”falsely labeled as Chinese” = South Korea

In South Korea, a vendor was arrested for falsely labeling Japanese scallops as being from China, or for selling them without indicating the country of origin. On the 7th, Incheon City's Special Judicial Police said, ``With the Lunar New Year just around the corner,
For 10 days starting from the 29th of last month, we carried out a special crackdown on illegal distribution activities, including violations of the country of origin labeling of agricultural, livestock, and fishery products sold at wholesale markets, large supermarkets, and fish markets.
The company was exposed," he said. As a result of the crackdown, two sellers falsely labeled the origin of seafood such as scallops as being from China or North Korea, two companies did not display the origin, and unlicensed meat packaging businesses were found.
One business operator, one business operator in the instant meat sales and processing industry that did not declare the declaration, and three companies that violated regulations for business operators, such as storing livestock products past their consumption period, were arrested.
Jeon Tae-jin, head of Incheon's Special Judicial Police Department, said, ``In order to ensure that citizens can trust and purchase safe agricultural, livestock, and fishery products, we will take measures against violation of country of origin labeling,
We plan to continue cracking down on illegal distribution of agricultural, livestock, and fishery products."