Korean Food and Drug Administration cracks down on restaurant serving food containing ants

The head of a restaurant was arrested for cooking and selling food using ants, which are not permitted as a food ingredient in South Korea.
On the 10th, it was revealed that the restaurant owner A and the corporation that cooked and sold food using ants had been referred to the prosecutor's office on suspicion of violating the Food Sanitation Act.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has posted online on blogs and social media that a certain restaurant is serving food with ants on it.
The police have launched an investigation to confirm the act of selling the dish and to find out the exact circumstances. Currently, only 10 types of insects, including grasshoppers and mealworms, are recognized as edible in Korea.
As a result of the investigation, it was revealed that between April 2021 and November last year, Team A imported two types of dried ant products from the United States and Thailand via international mail (EMS) and other methods.
After purchasing the fish, he served three to five of them on some of the dishes he sold at the restaurant he runs for about three years and nine months from April 2021 to January this year to add a "sour taste," and about 10,200
It was confirmed that 120 million won (approximately 12 million yen) worth of tickets were sold in 0 times.