This video was introduced to the domestic and international online community, saying it was a video of the process of making kimchi in China. Photo online community
The cabbages pickled in muddy salt water are collected naked, and the piles of these cabbages are lifted with a rusty excavator. It was the rats that came out of the pile of peppers. A video showing the process of making Chinese kimchi has recently spread online and is shocking.
On the 10th, articles containing the title and video of’How to Pickle Chinese Cabbage in Large Volumes’ are appearing one after another in online communities at home and abroad.
In the video, a naked man carries the cabbages that have been marinated in a large pit. Salt water has a very dull color even at a glance. The cabbages collected in this way are transported to a rusted excavator.
It is reported that the video was first released on Weibo in June of last year by a Chinese netizen who introduced himself as an excavator. He commented, “I also pickled cabbage, which you eat,” and spread it to various sites, but now both the original and the corresponding article have been deleted.
Most of the kimchi made in China is made by more than 100 manufacturers, mainly in Shandong Province. The manufacturing cost is 863 won per kilogram, which is about one third cheaper than domestic kimchi (2872 won).
As a result of a local inspection of overseas kimchi manufacturing establishments announced by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in January last year, 14 out of 45 Chinese companies were found to be inadequate for hygiene conditions. In particular, seven businesses were subject to import suspension due to poor hygiene conditions. However, due to lack of law, the company name was not disclosed, and no effective measures to prevent recurrence were made.
Fifteen years ago, the wave of’low quality kimchi’ made in China
This is not the first time that the safety problem of Chinese kimchi has been raised. After a report that lead content was detected in Chinese kimchi in 2005 above the standard value, the price of vegetables used for kimchi such as cabbage, green onion, and radish soared. In addition, parasites were found in nine imported kimchi products made in China, raising anxiety.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced last year a plan to significantly strengthen the safety management of kimchi from local production to domestic distribution in exporting countries. Food safety management certification standards have been made mandatory for imported kimchi, but from 2024, only kimchi produced by certified companies will be imported.
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