Korean police block sales of Trader Joe’s bagel seasoning

Police have blocked the sale of a foreign seasoning product on an online secondhand marketplace after finding it contained narcotic substances and was prohibited from being brought into South Korea. Mapo Police Station in Seoul said Tuesday that it had identified listings for Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend on Karrot, a major secondhand trading platform, and worked with the company to block transactions involving the product. Some sellers had brought the seasoning in