Gwangju Dong-gu Conducts 'Service Evaluation' for Public Hygiene Businesses

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 4th that it conducted the 2021 public hygiene business (hairdressing and beauty) service evaluation to improve hygiene management and service quality of public hygiene establishments.

The evaluation targeted a total of 564 establishments, including 56 barber shops and 508 beauty salons in the region.

The first evaluation was conducted over 12 days from the 15th to the 30th of last month, during which responsible public officials and honorary public hygiene inspectors visited the establishments in person to carry out the assessment.

The evaluation focused on 24 to 26 items, including mandatory compliance matters under the Public Hygiene Management Act and efforts by business owners to improve public hygiene services, assessing facility environment, customer safety, and service quality.

Hygiene grades are determined through an absolute evaluation based on on-site investigations according to the evaluation survey form, categorized into Best Establishments (Green Grade), Excellent Establishments (Yellow Grade), and General Management Target Establishments (White Grade). The hygiene management grades based on the evaluation results will be announced on the Dong-gu website at the end of November in accordance with the Public Hygiene Management Act.

Mayor Im Taek of Dong-gu said, “The hygiene service evaluation of public hygiene establishments will serve as an opportunity to raise voluntary hygiene management and service awareness among business operators,” adding, “We will devote efforts to protecting the safety and health of residents through thorough supervision and transparent hygiene grade evaluations.”

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