Gwangyang City Appoints 20 'Consumer Food Hygiene Inspectors'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Gwangyang City Health Center announced that it held a commissioning ceremony and job training for 20 consumer food hygiene monitors this year in the health center's main conference room the day before.

The health center conducted an open recruitment from the 16th to the 22nd of last month through the city hall website, targeting citizens with specialized knowledge and interest in the field of food hygiene, to ensure efficiency in food hygiene tasks and transparency in hygiene administration, ultimately selecting 20 people as consumer food hygiene monitors.

The monitors will carry out activities for two years including ▲ inspecting the hygiene management status of food service establishments ▲ reporting unfair labeling that does not comply with distribution food labeling standards ▲ reporting violations of advertising bans ▲ guiding and inspecting children's preferred food cooking and sales establishments ▲ supporting the collection and inspection of substandard food.

Seong Jae-sun, Director of the Health and Hygiene Division, stated, “Consumer food hygiene monitors have conducted education, promotion, and guidance activities related to citizens' food safety and nutrition, and through this job training, the newly commissioned consumer food hygiene monitors are also expected to contribute to the improvement of food safety in Gwangyang City.”

Last year, consumer food hygiene monitors conducted hygiene inspections jointly with public officials on 3,162 food service establishments, and contributed greatly to providing citizens with safe and proper food through various activities such as promoting COVID-19 social distancing quarantine guidelines and publicizing food hygiene-related information to residents.

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