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Michelin-starred restaurant owner faces jail for serving unapproved ants

The owner of a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in South Korea is facing a potential one-year jail sentence for violating food safety regulations. Prosecutors have requested the prison term and a fine for serving unapproved imported black ants from Thailand and the US as a garnish on a sorbet. South Korean law permits the consumption of only 10 specific insect species, and these ants were not among them. AI

RANK_REASON This is a regulatory action against a business for violating food safety laws, not a core AI development.

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Michelin-starred restaurant owner faces jail for serving unapproved ants

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    Owner of Michelin-starred restaurant in South Korea faces jail for ant-topped sorbet

    The owner of a South Korean Michelin-starred restaurant is facing one year in jail for garnishing a palate-cleansing sorbet with black ants “to add a sour taste”, local media said. Seoul prosecutors requested the prison term for the anonymous owner of the unnamed eatery at a Mond…