Michelin 2-Star Restaurant Owner Fined 15 Million Won for 'Ant Toppings'
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There are murmurs in the corners of the AI giants, Humac gets a new, well-known owner, and Michelin restaurant is fined for serving ants. That's how you can summarize the headlines in this Wednesday's news roundup from Berlingske Business.
A Michelin 2-star restaurant was caught using unauthorized ants in its dishes. The court sentenced the owner to a fine of 15 million won for violating the Food Sanitation Act, emphasizing the legal intent to protect public health as heavy metals were detected in the ants.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoon Min-hyeok = The owner of a Michelin 2-star restaurant, who was brought to trial on charges of using ants—insects not permitted for consumption—in his cooking, [appeared] in the first trial...
The Seoul court fined the company, the operator of the Evett restaurant and its CEO for dessert with ants, and the insects are not included in the list of products authorized in South Korea, reports The Guardian.
The owner of a Michelin 2-star restaurant has been sentenced to a fine for importing ants from overseas that are not permitted for consumption in Korea and using them as food ingredients for approximately four years. It was also revealed that heavy metals exceeding standard limits were detected in the ants. According to legal sources on the 16th, Judge Lee Se-chang of the 8th Criminal Division of the Seoul Western District Court sentenced the r…
A South Korean court imposed a fine on the operator and CEO of one of Seoul ' s most famous restaurants, after offering desserts to the unauthorized ants for consumption under local food safety laws...
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