Seven companies that manufactured, sold or smuggled high-priced ingredients without registration with the authorities were found.



Sturgeon roe (caviar) and truffles were handled, and the total amount of the products they sold was 1,01891 million won.



The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety handed over the company's officials to the prosecution on charges of violating the'Special Act on Imported Food Safety Management'.



As a result of a survey by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, it was found that Company A illegally manufactured 358 kg of sturgeon eggs and 670 million won worth of sturgeon eggs at a sturgeon farm without registration as a food manufacturing and processing business in the past two years and sold them to famous hotels in Seoul.



Company B has also sold 138 kg of sturgeon roe and KRW 236.1 million worth of sturgeon roe to internet shopping malls without registering with the authorities for the past 4 years, and company C has sold sturgeon roe products to the public without registering a change of manufacturing location. It was investigated.



The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety also said that Company D had sold 8.13 million won worth of truffles to the Korea Customs and Food and Drug Administration for the past two years.



Investigation results revealed that companies E and F also imported truffles from France and Italy and sold them to famous restaurants and hotels in Seoul without reporting them to the authorities.



It was found that Company G sold 19.03 million won worth of sturgeon extract products that did not indicate the expiration date for the past one year.



The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has taken measures to collect and dispose of the product.



The products are as follows.



*Sturgeon Caviar (Beluga)


Shelf Life: 2020-03-10, 2020-03-27, 2020-04-16, 2020-04-24, 2020-05-06, 2020-05-22 2020-06-03 , 4 Jun 2020, 9 Jun 2020, 11 Jun 2020, 16 Jun 2020, 21 Jun 2020, 23 Jun 2020, 27 Jun 2020, 4 Jul 2020, 7 Jul 2020 , 2020-07-08, 2020-07-10, 2020-07-11, 2020-08-03, 2020-09-12 2021-03-28, 2021-04-05, 2021-04-08 2021-04- 13, 2021-05-11, 2021-06-14 2021-06-18, 2021-06-22, 2021-06-29 2021-07-25, 2021-07-26, 2021-07-29 2021-08 -01, 2021 Aug 2, 2021 Aug 05 2021 Aug 08, 2021 Aug 12, 2021 Aug 13, 2021 Aug 23



*Sturgeon Caviar (


Severuga

)

Shelf Life: 2020-03-05, 2020-03-24, 2020-03-27 2020-04-16, 2020-04-21, 2020-04-22, 2020-04 -23, 2020-04-24, 2020-04-25 2020-04-28, 2020-05-06, 2020-05-22 2020-06-03, 2020-06-09, 2020-06-11 2020- 06-16, 2020-06-21, 2020-06-23, 2020-06-27, 2020-07-07, 2020-08-24 9/2/2020, 2020-10-07, 2021-02-14 2021-02-23, 2021-03-28, 2021-04-08 2021-06-14, 2021-06-18, 2021-06-24, 2021-08-13, 2021-08-22



*Sturgeon Caviar (


Ocetra

)

Shelf Life: 2020-03-05, 2020-03-10, 2020-03-24, 2020-03-27, 2020-04-16, 2020-04-21, 2020-04 -22, 2020-04-23, 2020-04-24, 2020-04-25, 2020-04-28, 2020-05-06, 2020-05-22, 2020-05-28, 2020-06-03 , 4 Jun 2020, 9 Jun 2020, 11 Jun 2020, 16 Jun 2020, 21 Jun 2020, 23 Jun 2020, 26 Jun 2020, 27 Jun 2020, 2020 07 Jul, 8 Jul 2020, 10 Jul 2020, 3 Aug 2020, 24 Aug 2020, 27 Aug 2020, 2 Sep 2020, 12 Sep 2020, 10 Oct 2020 -04, 2020-10-05, 2020-10-07, 2020-10-16, 2020-10-25, 2021-02-14, 2021-02-14, 2021-02-18, 2021-02-19 , 2021-02-23, 2021-03-22, 2021-03-28, 2021-04-08, 2021-04-13, 2021-05-11, 2021-05-19, 2021-06-08


2021- 06-14, 2021-06-18, 2021-06-22, 2021-06-24, 2021-06-29, 2021-07-29, 2021-08-13, 2021-08-22, 2021-08- 23, 2021-08-25, 2021-09-06



*Caviar (


Ocetra

)

Manufacturing Date: 2018-01-01 ∼ 2021-02-23


Shelf Life: 2019-01-01 ∼ 2022-02-23



*


Date

of

manufacture of

truffle tea

: 2019-07-10 ∼ 2020-02-24


Shelf life: 24 months from the date of manufacture 



(Composition: Min Kyung-ho, editor: Park Seung-yeon)