'Food Tour to Gimhae' ... Nationwide Best Safe Restaurant Award

Jonghak Lee, Director of the Health Center in Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam (right), is receiving the National Best Award for Safe Restaurants from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. (Photo by Gimhae-si)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Efforts to establish a hygienic food and dining culture in Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam, have been recognized.

The city announced on the 8th that it received an award from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs as the top local government in the safe restaurant operation excellence category in 2020.

This award was selected in recognition of contributions to the operation of ‘Safe Restaurants,’ promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to improve dining culture vulnerable to infectious diseases and to spread consensus.

The city promoted improvements from communal dining to a culture of serving oneself through hygiene management such as taking less food, hygienic spoon and chopstick management, staff wearing masks, and disinfecting business premises.

Additionally, the city made multifaceted efforts to create a safe dining-out culture, including signing a business agreement with the Gimhae branch of the Korea Foodservice Industry Association to promote food culture improvement projects, publicizing the projects through press releases, and managing establishments using consumer food hygiene monitors.

In particular, the city actively designated and operated safe restaurants targeting establishments practicing a safe food culture centered on daily quarantine, designating 567 establishments as of the end of December, the highest number in the province, demonstrating proactive administration.

Lee Jong-hak, Director of the Public Health Center, said, “This award is the result of Gimhae City’s hygiene administration implementing safe and healthy hygiene policies for citizens, and we will continue to work harder to improve our food culture vulnerable to infections.”

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