Food poisoning bacteria were detected in 15 out of 289 kimchi products imported from China, according to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Tuesday.
Two out of four Chinese salt-cured cabbage products were also found to have used preservatives that are not permitted in Korea.
It examined the 289 products from 55 Chinese companies imported here, and detected Yersinia enterocolitica, a type of food poisoning bacteria, in 15 of them.
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