Believed It Was Domestic Pig’s Feet... Restaurant Owner Fined for Selling Foreign Products as Domestic

Imported 1,500 kg and Falsely Labeled Country of Origin on Delivery App

A restaurant owner in his 70s was fined for falsely advertising foreign pig’s feet as domestic products on delivery apps.

On May 29, Judge Kwon So-young of the Seoul Northern District Court’s Criminal Division 5 announced that she had sentenced a 74-year-old man, Mr. A, to a fine of 1 million won for violating the Act on Labeling Origin of Agricultural and Fishery Products.

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Mr. A, who operates a pig’s feet restaurant in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, was put on trial for falsely labeling foreign pig’s feet as domestic products and selling them.

Specifically, between April and October of last year, Mr. A purchased a total of 1,500 kilograms of foreign pig’s feet—including 900 kilograms of pig trotters and 600 kilograms of mini feet—from a meat processing company in Incheon. Afterward, he cooked and sold dishes using these products, and it was found that he falsely listed them as domestic on the delivery app’s country of origin information screen.

Through this method, Mr. A sold about 270 servings of pig’s feet, worth approximately 3.9 million won, to an unspecified number of consumers.

Judge Kwon stated, “The sentence was determined by taking into account that the defendant is remorseful and has pledged not to reoffend, as well as the circumstances leading to the crime, the duration of the offense, and the economic gain obtained.”

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