Gyeonggi-do Province Caught 6 Health Functional Food Restaurants Unreported and Unfair Advertising

Gyeonggi Province's special judicial police said they cracked down on more than 60 health functional food manufacturing and sales establishments and pharmacies in the province from the 7th to the 18th of last month to find six places that violated the law.

By type, there are four cases of unreported health functional food sales, one case of storage for the purpose of selling health functional food after the expiration date, and one case of labeling and advertising that may be recognized as effective in preventing and treating diseases.

Namyangju A was cracked down on selling health functional foods such as proteins without reporting them to the competent authorities, while Gwangju B kept health functional foods that had expired five months for sales purposes.

Namyangju C Company was found to have sold products online and made signs and advertisements that could be recognized as effective in treating diseases such as "fractional effect of foot failure, effective against diabetes and high blood pressure."

In accordance with the Food Labeling and Advertising Act, unfair labeling or advertising can result in up to 10 years in prison or a fine of up to 100 million won.

In addition, under the Health Functional Food Act, unreported sales are subject to imprisonment of up to five years, fines of up to 50 million won, and imprisonment of up to three years or fines of up to 30 million won for storing products that have expired.