He could face several years of prison if declared guilty.
According to reports of March 13, KST, Celebrity Chef and Popular TV Personality Paik Jong won It was formally offending for violating the labeling law of the country of origin. The company of Paik, Born KoreaHe is currently subject to investigations based on different alleged violations.
Paik has been offending for two reasons for violation of the Country of Origin Labeling Act for two of the popular products of its brand: Baekseok Doenjang by Paik Jong Won (fermented soybean paste) and octopus as long as Hanshin Pocha. The Soul Office of the Special Judicial Police of the National Agricultural Management Service is investigating on the basis of a handful of accusations.
Firstly, Baekseok Doenjang was revealed, which is produced in the Baekseok factory of Korea Korea, includes imported ingredients as a modified churches menusoy from Canada, the United States and Australia and the wheat flour from Australia and the United States. Since the product is marketed as “made in Korea”, the use of non -local ingredients violates the regulations.
In addition, the factory is located in an agricultural promotion area, which legally limits the structures in the area to process only agricultural and marine products produced at national level. A violation of this regulation could lead to a time in prison up to five years or heavy fines, up to ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ ₩ $ 34,500 USD).
On the other hand, it has been discovered that the octopus dish contains Chinese garlic despite its advertisements claimed that it was made with green onions, onions and garlic of local origin. Nata Korea is, however, responsible only for the distribution of the product. It is produced by another company.
If the probe believes that Paik Jong has won guilty, he could face up to seven years of prison or a fine of up to ₩ 100 million krw (about $ 68,900 USD). In addition to the legal liability, an informant involved in this case has requested publicly for his hypocritical actions, given that Paik was a very vocal supporter of the transparent labeling in the past.
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