Recipes using ants are not unheard of, but the South Korean Food Sanitation Act does not permit restaurants to use materials not recognised by law as food ingredients. -- PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: UNSPLASH
SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): A restaurant that used ants to add “unique flavor” is facing possible charges of violating the Food Sanitation Act, as ants are not a type of insect deemed edible by South Korean law.
The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said on July 10 that it has transferred the case of a local restaurant and its owner to prosecutors for the eatery’s use of imported dried ants in the dishes.
