It has been confirmed that Kim Soon-ja, CEO of Hansung Foods, who was caught up in the controversy over manufacturing kimchi with defective ingredients, tried to return his master's license to the government, but withdrew.
Earlier, last month, controversy arose when it was revealed that a plant of a subsidiary of Hansung Foods used discolored cabbage and moldy radish.
According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, CEO Kim announced that he would return his qualification as a 'Korean Master Chief' to the Human Resources Development Service of Korea after the controversy arose, but recently canceled it.
Master Chief is a qualification granted by the government to craftsmen who have been working in the industry for more than 15 years and possess the highest level of skill. CEO Kim was selected as Master Chief in 2012.
If you are selected as a master, you will receive an incentive of 20 million won, and thereafter, you can receive an incentive of 2 to 4 million won each year.
This move of CEO Kim is in contrast to the previous return of his 'food master' qualification.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor is planning to examine whether CEO Kim's qualification as a master manager can be disqualified according to its own regulations.