Read previewSouth Korean authorities are telling people to stop deep frying and eating their toothpicks. Their safety as food has not been verified," South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety wrote on X on Wednesday. The videos are part of South Korea's long-running "Mukbang" craze, where people film themselves eating exorbitant amounts of junk food or exotic foods. Most toothpicks in South Korea are made of sweet potato or corn starch instead of wood. There are tons of delicious foods out there but they fry toothpicks and eat them with soup," read one comment on TikTok.

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