Cheap and Clean! ... Changwon City Begins Hygiene Inspection of Traditional Market Food

Uichang-gu Myeongseo · Seongsan-gu Gaeumjeong · Jinhae-gu Gyeonghwa Market

Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, is launching hygiene inspections to enhance the safety of food in traditional markets.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Changwon City in Gyeongnam Province is set to conduct safety and hygiene inspections on food sold in traditional markets.

The city announced on the 8th that it has established a food safety management plan for traditional markets and will begin full-scale activities starting in April to improve the hygiene standards of traditional markets.

Hygiene and safety management as well as hygiene guidance will be carried out at three locations with a high concentration of food handling businesses: Myeongseo Market in Uichang-gu, Gaeumjeong Market in Seongsan-gu, and Gyeonghwa Market in Jinhae-gu.

Starting with a status survey from the 11th to the 13th, hygiene guidance and inspections will be conducted three times between May and November.

A city official stated that the inspections will focus not on enforcement but on encouraging voluntary hygiene management and providing guidance and education to businesses. To improve the food hygiene level in traditional markets, three public officials and six consumer food hygiene monitors will be organized into pairs to carry out activities.

Based on 20 items, including ▲unregistered or unreported manufacturing and processing activities ▲cleanliness inside business premises ▲hygienic waste disposal ▲whether food is handled or sold on the floor ▲separate use of knives and cutting boards for different ingredients, the hygiene status of businesses will be evaluated.

In addition to inspections, a demand survey will be conducted targeting food handling business operators, and hygiene supplies such as uniforms and hats will be provided.

Lee Seongrim, Director of the Health and Hygiene Division, said, “We will improve vulnerable areas of food hygiene in traditional markets to prevent food safety accidents and enhance consumer trust in food safety.”

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