MFDS Conducts Hygiene Inspections to Prevent Food Poisoning in Childcare Centers in First Half of Year... 20 Locations Caught

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 28th that it conducted hygiene inspections on 6,618 locations, including daycare center group meal facilities, in cooperation with local governments, and identified 20 places that violated the Food Sanitation Act.

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This inspection was carried out together with local governments to strengthen food poisoning prevention management in infant and toddler meal facilities. The main violations detected were ▲storage of products past their expiration (distribution) date (8 places) ▲failure to conduct health examinations (5 places) ▲violations of business operator compliance requirements (4 places) ▲failure to store preserved food (2 places) ▲violation of storage standards (1 place), etc. The facilities found in violation will be administratively sanctioned by the relevant local governments, and improvements will be confirmed within three months.

Additionally, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety explained that an analysis of violations in infant and toddler meal facilities over the past three years revealed that violations such as failure to conduct health examinations for cooking workers or storing products past their expiration (distribution) date have been continuously occurring. During this period, 29 cases of failure to conduct health examinations and 20 cases of storing expired products were detected.

Accordingly, before conducting the second half of the year guidance inspections in October and November, the Ministry plans to inform business operators of major violation cases so that they can fully understand and comply with the requirements they must fulfill.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety stated, "We will continue to strengthen proactive safety management of meal facilities such as daycare centers and kindergartens and persistently conduct food poisoning prevention education to create a healthy dietary environment."

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