I don't eat Chinese kimchi'naked pickles'... Restaurant scream

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Still, the owners of restaurants who are having a hard time because of the corona are worried more recently.

This is because more and more people are not willing to eat Chinese kimchi as unsanitary scenes in China are posted on the Internet.

However, it is not easy to change to Korean kimchi, which is much more expensive, and there are many concerns that there will be fewer customers who do not have because of kimchi.

Let’s look at reporter Jeon Yeon-nam’s report first and continue the story.

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large pit of yellow water contains rusted heavy equipment and Chinese cabbage, and a man goes naked and stirs the cabbage with his bare hands.

This is a video released on the Internet saying that it is making kimchi made in China.

Increasingly, consumers are shocked by this video and will not eat kimchi made in China.

[Bae Hyun-hee/Seoul Gangseo-gu: It was terrible, that (video).

Really, how can't I see it with my eyes open?

Chopsticks come back after going.

[Jeong Won-jeong/Seoul Seodaemun-gu

]

[Jeong Won-jeong/Seoul Seodaemun-gu: Kimchi is served as a side dish now, but if the restaurant says that it is made in China, it wasn't possible to eat as much as possible.]

As a result, restaurants serving Chinese kimchi caught an emergency.

Most of the time customers don't eat kimchi and even protest.

[Restaurant President: About one to four out of ten people don't eat kimchi at all.

As soon as they come, they ask if this is Chinese, so just take it.

Still, there are no customers...

.]

Domestic kimchi is usually 3 to 4 times more expensive than imported, so small restaurants are not easy to change suddenly.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said that the Chinese government has sent an official reply stating that the cabbage in the video is not intended for export, but the distrust of Chinese ingredients remains.

(Video coverage: Jang Woon-seok, video editing: So Ji-hye)

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Reporter Jeon Yeon-

nam,

who covered this content, is here.

[Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam: It seems to be correct from a number of reasons that the cabbage that appeared in the controversial video was not imported into Korea.

First of all, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety asked the Chinese embassy in Korea, and the method of pickling cabbage in the video has been completely banned in China since 2019.

And the pickling process of cabbage kimchi exported to Korea is all done indoors.

In addition, experts also explained that in the case of cabbage, which has changed color and has been deteriorated, it cannot be used as an ingredient for cabbage kimchi commonly eaten in Korea.]

[Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam: Yes, it is.

All unsanitary kimchi is blocked by customs inspection, but the unsanitary problem of Chinese foods has been aggravated nonetheless because of the recurring problem of unsanitary foods made in China.

In 2005, a parasite egg was released from kimchi made in China, and in 2013, E. coli was also detected.

There was also a case of importing egg powder from China that caused the melamine fluctuation.]

[Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam: Last year, Chinese kimchi imported 280,000 tons, accounting for 15% of the total consumption of kimchi in Korea.

In addition, due to the sharp rise in domestic agricultural and fishery products prices, imports of kimchi are increasing every year, of which 99% are all made in China.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it would randomly select and test 30 Chinese kimchi in circulation.

In addition, it has announced that it will conduct a safety test on minced garlic or red pepper powder.

Experts are also suggesting that the customs clearance standards should be strengthened to the Japanese level.

As such, we can prevent damage to the kimchi makers who sell and export products in a normal process and small merchants who have no choice but to use Chinese kimchi due to cost problems.]

(Video editing:

Jihye

So)