A defendant shall be punished by imprisonment for six months and by a fine of 8,00,000 won.

The defendant does not pay the above fine.

Criminal facts

The Defendant is a person engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling rice tea in the name of “C” in Yeongdeungpo-gu Seoul Metropolitan Government.

누구든지 농ㆍ수산물의 원산지 표시를 거짓으로 하거나 이를 혼동할 우려가 있는 표시를 하여서는 아니되는 것임에도 불구하고, 피고인은 2015. 1. 1.경부터 2016. 1. 21.경까지 위 사업장에서 미국산 쌀만으로 12,520kg을 사용하여 떡을 제조하거나 미국산 쌀 62.5%에 국내산 쌀 37.5%를 혼합한 재료로 떡을 제조한 후, 그 재료를 ‘국내산 쌀 100%’라고 허위로 표시하여 위 사업장으로 찾아온 손님들에게 12kg 단위로 하여 백설기와 절편의 경우 50,000원, 가래떡과 떡국떡의 경우 40,000원, 시루떡과 무지개떡, 바람떡의 경우 60,000원, 송편의 경우 90,000원, 꿀떡의 경우 70,000원씩에 판매함으로써 시가 합계 75,032,000원 상당의 떡을 판매하였다.

Summary of Evidence

1. Statement by the defendant in court;

1. Police suspect interrogation protocol of the accused;

1. A report on investigation (as a result of evaluation of the origin of rice from non-foresting operations) and notification of the result of evaluation of origin;

1. Investigation reports (the use of imported rice products, the calculation of the sale quantity of rice tea and the sale quantity of rice tea / sale recorded oars), sales recorded street photographs;

1. Application of statutes on the details of supply of rice for imported acid;

1. Articles 14 and 6 (1) of the Act on Origin Labeling of Agricultural and Fishery Products (Concurrent Imposition of Imprisonment and fines) by combining the relevant provisions on criminal facts;

1. Articles 70 (1) and 69 (2) of the Criminal Act for the detention of a workhouse;

1. The grounds for sentencing under Article 62(1) of the Criminal Act, based on the period during which the instant crime was committed, the size of the sold goods, the circumstances in which the Defendant recognized his mistake, and other various sentencing conditions, including the Defendant’s age, character and conduct, criminal records, and the circumstances after the instant crime, were to be imposed concurrently with the suspension of the execution of imprisonment and the fine as ordered by the Defendant.

It is so decided as per Disposition for the above reasons.