Carcinogen Scare Hits Domestic Fish Industry

After the government’s announcement that malachite green, a known carcinogen, was detected even in domestic hatchery fish farms, repercussions are spreading throughout the country. More and more people are no longer visiting the farms and sliced-raw-fish restaurants, and the people’s fear is growing. On October 6, an official is showing a domestic trout at a Gangwon Province fish farm.