In July, 2002 the ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries operated an on-the-spot inspection to the three major somen manufacturers on charge that they had sold the somen produced in Nagasaki Prefecture as "Miwa Somen" and instructed them to improve the situation.
2002年7月に大手の販売業者3社が長崎県産の素麺を『三輪そうめん』として販売していたとして、農水省の立入検査と改善の指導を受けている。