Yangcheon-gu Provides Customized Hygiene Consulting to 700 Restaurants Through On-Site Visits

Yangcheon-gu Conducts Customized Hygiene Consulting for 700 Restaurants

Targeting Small-scale General Restaurants with Areas of 51~100㎡, Consumer Food Hygiene Inspectors Provide Close Guidance Until November

Using Surface Contamination Meters to Inspect Contamination on Hands, Knives, and Cutting Boards of Food Handlers to Prevent Food Poisoning

Yangcheon-gu (District Mayor Lee Gijae) announced that it will conduct a "Visiting Food Hygiene Consulting" program providing customized management support until November this year for about 700 small-scale general restaurants with hygiene vulnerability concerns, to offer clean and safe food to residents.

The consulting targets approximately 700 small-scale general restaurants with areas between 51㎡ and 100㎡. Consumer food hygiene inspectors, who possess specialized knowledge and field experience in food hygiene, will visit restaurants in teams of two to conduct ▲simple surface contamination measurements ▲on-site diagnosis and focused management of food hygiene levels ▲and close guidance on food poisoning prevention methods.

In particular, as the risk of food poisoning increases with the noticeably hotter weather, the district plans to use simple surface contamination meters to inspect contamination on the hands, knives, and cutting boards of food handlers, and provide on-site guidance if any non-compliance is found.

Additionally, business owners with insufficient hygiene management of ingredients and cooking utensils will be given a self-correction period of seven days. Afterward, responsible officials will revisit to check compliance, and a database will be established for non-compliant businesses to ensure continuous management and supervision.

The district will also distribute daily hygiene management checklists that can be attached to refrigerators to all participating business owners to encourage regular self-inspections.

Lee Gijae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, “We are conducting the ‘Visiting Food Hygiene Consulting’ to contribute to improving each establishment’s autonomous management capabilities and hygiene levels through customized management,” adding, “We will continue to carefully ensure that safe and clean food is provided to all residents.”

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