On April 3, Chungnam Province’s Public Welfare Judicial Police Team announced it will join city and county special judicial police units and the Chungnam branch of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service for joint origin-labeling inspections at major tourist sites as part of the “2026 Year of Visiting Chungnam” campaign.
The joint teams will conduct two rounds of inspections—one in the spring and one in the fall—focusing on origin-labeling and hygiene at restaurants near popular attractions and at businesses that process or sell local specialty products.
In April, inspectors will target restaurants—both everyday eateries and highway rest-stop spots—known for drawing tourists, and they’ll check whether agricultural products sold at local festivals are properly labeled.
In September and October, they’ll inspect key sellers of local specialties and the facilities that make them, looking for fake origin labels, poor production conditions, and other illegal distribution or hygiene problems.
Under the Act on the Labeling of Origin of Agricultural and Fishery Products, businesses that falsify origin labels can face up to seven years in prison or a fine of up to 100 million KRW (approximately $75,000), while failing to label products properly can bring an administrative fine of up to 10 million KRW (approximately $7,500).
O Se-jun, director of the provincial Social Disaster Division, said the inspections aim to give visitors a safe, trustworthy food experience. “We’ll do everything we can to make accurate origin labeling the norm,” he added.
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