The expiration date is January next year, but instant rice is full of mold = Korea

Suspicions have emerged that some of the instant rice products sold by a South Korean company are being distributed while still moldy. The company in question has revealed that it believes there is a problem with the distribution and storage process.
On the 29th of last month, a post was posted on the self-employed community site 'It's tough, so I'm the CEO' with the title 'When I opened the lid of XX (product name), it was completely rotten.'
The poster, Mr. A, wrote, "I bought (XX) last month, and the expiration date was January 28th of next year. When I opened it to eat it, I immediately smelled something strange, so I took a closer look and saw that it was pretty rotten.
" The published photos showed liquid pooling on the edge of the container, and other products also had a large portion of the rice covered in pitch black mold.
Mr. A said, "It was sealed so perfectly that it couldn't be opened easily. What's going on? The customer service center is unavailable because it's the weekend. I don't work on the weekends.
"I left the office and tried to eat the food, but I lost my appetite and couldn't eat anything else," he wrote. The company said, "The food is produced in a sterile, vacuum-sealed environment, so it is safe to eat during distribution and storage.
Internet users who saw the article commented, "I've never seen anything like that before," "It seems like a storage mistake," "It's a packaging defect, so I'll contact the customer center," and
They will probably replace it if you do that" and "The top is made of vinyl, so if a hole is made it can get damaged and mold can grow."