It shocked me that a food company with a kimchi master as the CEO made kimchi using rotten radish, etc., but the company issued an apology.
At a kimchi factory in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, a video was released of employees trimming discolored cabbage and moldy radish.
The company explained that 'the parts that are rotten or inedible were completely discarded during the material handling process and were not used in the finished kimchi', and it is also said that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is currently conducting an on-site investigation.
What shocked consumers even more was that the company's CEO was selected as a Korean food master and kimchi master in 2007.
The company issued an apology and announced that it would reorganize the overall hygiene and quality management system with the determination that the factory would be permanently closed, but the response from consumers was cold.
Taste columnist Hwang Gyo-ik also demanded on SNS, 'The government should immediately disqualify the representative of the company as a food name.'