Consumers are outraged at the corn discount event held by Chungju City, North Chungcheong Province, to help farmers.
Crunchy or hollow corn, which actually looks hard to eat, some are rotten or moldy.
On the 22nd of last month, Chungju city sold corn at a discount under the pretext of 'helping damaged farmers' saying 'the corn per second was overripe due to unusual weather, frequent rains and heat waves'. The cloth box is sold out.
However, after some shipments were delivered, a series of customer reviews came up saying that the corn was not in good condition. said.
These days, you can often see local governments selling agricultural products to save farmhouses. Last year, Gangwon-do sold a large amount of potatoes, and recently, there was a case where consumers bought a large quantity of zucchini, which was almost discarded in Hwacheon-gun, and prevented their disposal.
However, it is also pointed out that the problem of poor quality control is repeated as a result of the sudden mass shipment of agricultural products.