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

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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 Monday court hearing for violating food safety regulations, the reports said.Under South Korean law, only 10 insect species are approved for human consumption, including grasshoppers and brown mealworm larvae.But the...