Government and Relevant Ministries Jointly Confirm 46 Safety Improvement Tasks for the First Half of This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 8th that it has jointly promoted "field-centered safety system improvement" with related ministries to proactively improve systems that are unreasonably operated in areas closely related to public safety, and identified 46 improvement tasks in the first half of this year.

By ministry, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will mandate the installation of automatic temperature measurement devices in transportation facilities for biological products such as COVID-19 vaccines. By revising the "Regulations on the Manufacture and Sale Management of Biological Products," starting from January next year, sellers of biological products must install automatic temperature recorders, regularly inspect and calibrate them, and keep records of temperature during transportation along with calibration records for two years.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety strengthened child safety by prohibiting drinking and smoking in children's playground facilities. By revising the "Enforcement Decree of the Children's Playground Act," from June 23 of this year, if drinking, smoking, littering, facility damage, camping, cooking, street vending, or other commercial activities occur in children's playgrounds, the supervisory authority can order the cessation of such acts, and if the order is not followed, a fine of up to 3 million KRW can be imposed.

In addition, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will reorganize the motorcycle license plate system, which currently includes city/province and city/county/district names and is somewhat complex and less legible, into a convenient and practical numbering system that the public can easily recognize, and will promote research projects for this purpose.

Kim Jong-han, Director of Safety Management Policy, said, "Following last year, meaningful improvement tasks reflecting voices from the field were identified this year with the participation of local governments and public institutions," and added, "We plan to continuously identify systems that do not work properly in the field or are not suitable for reality, reflecting diverse opinions from all sectors to ensure public safety."

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