Please Recommend Reliable Restaurants! ... Changwon City Newly Designates 240 'Safe Restaurants'

Recruitment of Businesses Complying with 3 Major Hygiene Tasks Until the End of March This Year

Changwon City, Gyeongnam, will newly designate Safe Restaurants to prevent infectious diseases and improve food culture.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, is recruiting and designating 240 new Safe Restaurants to promote a safe food culture.

Safe Restaurants were introduced to improve the vulnerability of Korea's food culture, which enjoys gathering and sharing meals, to infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

Restaurants serving general meals are recruited, and establishments that exemplary comply with the three major tasks of providing serving utensils, hygienic management of spoons and chopsticks, and employees wearing masks are designated.

Designated establishments receive a sticker certifying them as Safe Restaurants and are supported with hygiene supplies such as modified packaging and serving utensils.

They are also promoted online as Safe Restaurants on portals such as Naver, KakaoMap, and T Map, enhancing their publicity effect.

Business owners wishing to be designated as Safe Restaurants can apply directly to the Changwon City Health and Hygiene Division or through the Changwon City Food Service Industry Branch by the end of March this year.

Lee Seongrim, head of the Health and Hygiene Division, said, “We have already designated 362 locations due to the COVID-19 outbreak,” and added, “We will actively promote Safe Restaurants that strive to improve dining culture and do our best to help the dining industry recover from the downturn caused by COVID-19.”

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