An agricultural corporation jointly invested in and established by Jin of the boy band BTS and Paik Jong-won, head of Theborn Korea, has reportedly been sent to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the Origin Labeling Act.
The South Chungcheong Branch of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service said on the 21st that in September it referred the agricultural corporation Baekseuldoga and related parties to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the Act on Labeling of Origin of Agricultural and Fishery Products.
Baekseuldoga is suspected of using imported concentrate in some products of the liquor "IGIN Highball Tonic," manufactured by Genie's Lamp, while indicating on an online sales site that only domestic concentrate was used.
There was no problem with the origin labeling on the product label, but the issue arose because the sales site uniformly marked it as domestic.
Baekseuldoga, the seller, and Genie's Lamp, the manufacturer, are companies jointly invested in and established by Jin and head Paik Jong-won.
On the 21st, some internet users filed a complaint after allegations surfaced online in September that the law on origin labeling had been violated. At the time, the company side said it had been "mistakenly labeled only online," and it made corrections.