We Clean Your 'Gulttok'... Daegu Dong-gu Supports Kitchen Environment Improvement for Delivery Restaurants

Daegu Dong-gu Office is promoting a project to foster and support clean delivery restaurants. This measure aims to increase consumer trust in delivery services and strengthen food safety management in the dining industry.

The project targets delivery restaurants vulnerable to hygiene issues by improving kitchen environments. Since its inception in 2020, 310 establishments were selected as project participants by 2022, receiving support for kitchen facility disinfection and cleaning, kitchen culture improvement consulting, and cleaning costs for kitchen exhaust hoods and ducts.

Daegu Dong-gu Office

This year, to eliminate blind spots in hygiene and safety, a preemptive food safety management guidance activity will be conducted for all restaurants registered on delivery apps. Focused support will be provided for cleaning kitchen exhaust hoods and ducts, which are prone to fire hazards due to accumulated grease and have poor hygiene, leading the way in improving kitchen environments.

Applicants must be delivery restaurants in Dong-gu, Daegu, operating for more than one year, with 25 places to be recruited. Applications will be accepted by visit, mail, fax, or email until May 12. Selection will be conducted through document and on-site evaluations. Priority will be given to small-scale, long-operating businesses and those with strong willingness to participate.

Selected businesses will receive a preliminary inspection by professional cleaning companies, which will carry out cleaning of kitchen exhaust hoods and ducts. 90% of the cleaning cost, worth approximately 500,000 KRW per business, will be supported, with the remaining 10% borne by the business. Additionally, Daegu Dong-gu Office plans to designate safe delivery restaurants by discovering establishments excelling in hygiene management, providing incentives such as designation plaques and hygiene supplies along with kitchen environment improvements.

Yoon Seok-jun, head of Daegu Dong-gu Office, stated, “At a time when hygiene issues in delivery restaurants are emerging, our district hopes to provide safe food to residents through support for improving delivery restaurant kitchen environments. Furthermore, amid difficult times of high inflation and high interest rates, we aim to revitalize those working in the dining industry and lay the foundation for growth.”

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