Yongin City Inspects 568 Children's Favorite Food Sales and Manufacturing Businesses

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province will conduct inspections and guidance on 568 establishments preparing and selling children's favorite food products around schools throughout September, coinciding with the start of the second semester.

Yongin City will deploy 24 dedicated children's favorite food product managers who completed the 'Consumer Food Hygiene Inspector Job Training' in May for this inspection.

The inspection targets 568 places within the children's food safety protection zones, including convenience stores, snack bars, and stationery stores: 151 in Cheoin-gu, 178 in Giheung-gu, and 239 in Suji-gu.

The main inspection items include ▲ operation without registration and sale of unregistered products ▲ display and sale of expired products ▲ sale of foods detrimental to children's emotions such as cash, Hwatu (Korean playing cards), and liquor bottle shapes ▲ sale of high-calorie, low-nutrition foods and foods containing high caffeine ▲ use of spoiled or deteriorated ingredients ▲ compliance with basic safety rules that operators must follow.

The city plans to immediately correct minor violations on-site and strictly enforce administrative measures such as filing complaints or imposing fines for serious violations according to relevant laws.

A city official emphasized, "We will continuously inspect establishments within the food safety protection zones so that growing children can safely purchase food around schools and academies."

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