Gangwon-do Conducts Special Hygiene Inspections of Livestock Product Businesses Ahead of Lunar New Year

From 1.20 to 1.28 for 2 weeks... 200 locations targeted
18 cities/counties, 24 teams of 48 members including Honorary Livestock Product Hygiene Inspectors deployed

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Gangwon Province will conduct a special hygiene inspection of livestock product processing facilities within the province for two weeks starting from the 20th, in preparation for the surge in livestock product consumption ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

The province stated, "To ensure the hygiene and safety of livestock products and to block the distribution of fraudulent or substandard livestock products, we plan to deploy 48 personnel in 24 teams, including provincial, city/county, and honorary livestock product hygiene inspectors, targeting 200 locations."

The main targets of this inspection are facilities among the 3,693 livestock product processing sites in the province that have received administrative sanctions for regulatory violations in the past three years, those with complaints, facilities not inspected recently or newly licensed, and top sales facilities.

The key inspection items include ▲ hygienic handling during the transportation of livestock products such as meat, compliance with refrigeration and freezing standards ▲ unauthorized changes to business premises, operation of unlicensed facilities ▲ adherence to livestock product distribution periods, operation of self-hygiene management standards ▲ completion of hygiene education, and implementation of health checks for workers.

In particular, due to concerns that hygiene monitoring of livestock product processing facilities may become lax because of COVID-19, strict enforcement will be carried out, and if serious or intentional illegal activities are confirmed, strong administrative measures such as business suspension, revocation of business licenses, and fines will be imposed.

Seo Jong-eok, Director of the Animal Quarantine Division, requested "voluntary interest and cooperation from related businesses for the production and distribution of clean livestock products," and added, "As consumer interest in safe livestock products increases, we will be more thorough in hygiene management to ensure consumers can purchase with confidence."

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