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A salesperson was arrested for deceiving an extract made from foreign goat meat as domestic product.

This essence was so popular that it ranked first in sales on famous portal sites.



This is TBC Reporter Han Hyeon-ho.



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It is a remote place with few people in Cheongdo, North Gyeongsang Province.



A crackdown team enters the building without a sign and finds that processing of black goat juice is in full swing.



On the packaging, it is written that domestic black goat and herbal medicines are mixed.



The Naver Store, which sells this product, also advertises that it only uses female black goats grown in clean nature, and there are more than 1,000 consumer reviews.



The seller's rating is 'Big Power', which means that you have sold at least 500 cases and over 40 million won in the last three months.



However, both the goat meat and medicinal herbs were imported from abroad.



[Owner of the company caught: When I received the delivery from Australia, I couldn't even smell it, and the taste was mostly the same as domestic products...

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According to the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service, Mr. A, a man in his 40s, has sold 26 tons of black goat juice processed using 4.8 tons of Australian frozen goat meat and 1.2 tons of Chinese herbal medicine over the past five years, worth 800 million won.



[Kim Gyeong-han/Agricultural Products Quality Management Agency Gyeongbuk Support Team Leader: The use of foreign goat meat and Chinese herbal medicines in the health supplement, goat extract, gave a great sense of disappointment to consumers who purchased it.]



Even after the crackdown, Mr. A continued to commit additional crimes by purchasing foreign goat meat, and was eventually arrested.



It was investigated that this business owner committed the crime aiming at the fact that foreign goat meat is about half cheaper than domestic goat meat.



Foreign goat meat costs 17,000 won per kg, which is only 4-50% of domestic goat meat.



The National Agricultural Administration Agency additionally cracked down on manufacturers of black goat juice across the country and detected 9 more.