Urban Zakapa’s Park Yong-in Faces Penalty Over Kimchi Labeling Violation
Jun 24, 2025
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According to the Korea Food Safety Information Service on the 23rd, the kimchi brand, which is being sold online by Virtue Company, represented by Park Yong-in, received administrative disposition for violating the law on labeling and advertising of food products. Meaning received a correction order by misrepresenting the item manufacturing number while selling aged kimchi.
In this regard, Park Yong-in said "Kimchi products currently sold are fully handled by Gongdrin Kimchi from manufacturing to shipping through a consignment production contract. The issue in question at the moment is 100% Gongdrin Kimchi's mistake."
Subsequently, the manufacturing report numbers of all incorrectly entered items of the products in question have been changed and completed. I'm sorry for the inconvenience," he added.
Park Yong-in was indicted without detention on charges of advertising as 'butter beer' (violation of the Food Sanitation Act) as if butter was used in raw materials in 2023. Park Yong-in appealed for unfairness, but the court sentenced Park to eight months in prison and two years of probation in February. In accordance with the punishment regulations that punish both illegal actors and corporations, the corporate virtual company was also fined 10 million won. However, Park appealed against the ruling.
Reporter Baek Ji-eun silk781220@sportschosun.com
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