Lotte Home Shopping Strengthens Summer Food Hygiene Management Amid Early Heat...

Lotte Homeshopping has designated the period until September 30 as the "Summer Food Safety Enhancement Period" and will strengthen food hygiene management.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] Lotte Homeshopping announced on the 17th that it has designated the period until September 30 as the "Summer Food Safety Enhancement Period" and will strengthen food hygiene management. This decision comes as this year’s heat is expected to arrive earlier, with average temperatures and the number of heatwave days predicted to be higher than usual.

This measure aims to proactively prevent food safety incidents, such as food poisoning, which tend to occur intensively during the summer season. Additional cooling agents will be used during the delivery of refrigerated and frozen foods, and the sale of high-risk foods prone to spoilage, such as salted seafood, sashimi, and rice cakes, will be suspended during the food safety enhancement period.

In addition, hygiene conditions of frozen fruits like ice persimmons (ice hongsi) and blueberries, as well as non-heated foods such as cold noodles and soybean noodles, will be closely inspected. Lotte Homeshopping will directly visit refrigerated and frozen food manufacturing partners to inspect the hygiene status of production and storage facilities based on an internal hygiene inspection checklist consisting of 80 items. Quality checks including product freshness, origin, and microbial tests will be conducted regularly through secret orders. Furthermore, safety inspections for the presence of harmful substances in children’s preferred foods will be conducted monthly.

Meanwhile, Lotte Homeshopping has launched a specialized food safety education program called Food Safety School this year, providing education on food-related laws, certifications, and food safety to partners and internal staff. In April, training was completed for internal employees conducted by a professional instructor holding a food technologist certification, and from this month, non-face-to-face education will be provided to about 100 partner companies.

A Lotte Homeshopping official stated, “With the early heat and expected heatwaves this year, we have designated about five months starting this month as the food safety enhancement period and are intensively managing hygiene from food manufacturing to delivery. Starting this year, we plan to thoroughly ensure summer food safety by internalizing the importance of food safety through education for partners and internal staff.”

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