Foreign object found in sealed soju

A man found foreign objects in a sealed bottle of soju on Sunday.

The 48-year-old office worker said he found three toothpicks, a cigarette butt, a thread and vinyl material inside the sprit which he bought at a shop near his home in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province.

A bottle of contaminated soju (Yonhap)

The distilled alcohol was produced by Muhak Co. based in the southeastern province.

The normally transparent bottle had turned dark brown due to the alien materials, he said.

It was marked as being shipped on July 20.

“I notified the company of my finding but the company did not responded in a responsibly way,” he was quoted as saying.

“I will keep it until the company CEO comes to me and apologizes.”

The company said it had begun investigating the incident, but said it suspects someone may have inserted the items intentionally. Its products undergo strict examination by workers and electronic devices, the company added.

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