Oh to find out today's (14th) interest and candid reaction through SNS!
Click time.
Companies and consumers are arguing over the identity of foreign substances from famous kimchi sold by large domestic companies.
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The first search term to be clicked was 'foreign material in the shape of a toenail in kimchi'.
Person A in her 20s living in Incheon recently found something dark in Company B's porridge kimchi while having dinner.
It looked like a 2cm-long claw, but Mr. A immediately took a picture, called company B to protest, and sent this material to company B.
However, the reply that came a few days later was a bit absurd.
Company B explained that as a result of analysis with an electron microscope, the substance was not a claw, but a plant, and it seemed to be a pepper seed.
It is thin and easily broken like a piece of paper, and the matching rate with red pepper seeds reached 87.97%.
However, Mr. A protested, "Does it make sense to say that a foreign substance is a protein component and it is a toenail, but it is a red pepper seed?", and eventually reported the matter to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is known to have started an investigation into Company B's kimchi factory.
Netizens responded, "Wow… how does it look like a toenail? Exactly an ingrown toenail!", "If it's a red pepper seed, it looks really strange. I can't wait for the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's announcement."