Yangcheon-gu, Summer Childcare Center Kitchen Meal Hygiene Inspection

Intensive Inspection of Meal Hygiene Management and Facility Safety at 83 Daycare Centers in the Region in Preparation for the Full-Scale Heatwave

Creating a Safe Childcare Environment through Thorough Preemptive Measures Against Food Poisoning Incidents and Facility Safety Accidents

Yangcheon-gu (District Mayor Lee Gijae) announced that it will focus on creating a healthy and safe childcare environment by conducting intensive inspections on meal hygiene and safety at 83 daycare centers in the region through preemptive checks until the 18th of next month, in preparation for the summer season when food poisoning incidents are a concern.

According to district officials, safety inspections of daycare centers are regularly conducted twice a year in both winter and summer seasons. This summer safety inspection, in particular, was prepared to prevent various safety accidents in advance by examining overall daycare center safety, from infectious diseases and food poisoning incidents common in summer to facility safety accidents caused by natural disasters such as typhoons and heavy rains.

The district first conducted self-inspections on all 214 daycare centers in the region to encourage continuous safety management. Among them, 83 centers (51 for meal and hygiene inspections, 32 for safety inspections) will be visited on-site by inspection teams from the district office, each composed of two members.

The main inspection items include ▲ meal and hygiene management areas such as cook hygiene management, meal facility and equipment management, and food ingredient and menu management ▲ safety management areas such as facility safety management, preparedness for summer disaster response, fire accident prevention, school bus management, and indoor air quality management ▲ and quarantine inspections including infectious disease management personnel deployment, education implementation, hygiene, and disinfection management. Minor issues such as lack of knowledge of regulations will be corrected immediately on-site, and administrative actions will be taken according to relevant laws in cases of violations of the Infant Care Act.

Meanwhile, the district conducted summer meal hygiene and safety inspections at 109 daycare centers in 2021 and 172 centers last year. Going forward, it plans to devote efforts to creating a childcare environment that parents can trust through ▲ a joint intensive inspection of children’s school buses with the police (October) ▲ on-site inspections of daycare playground facilities (November to December) ▲ and winter safety inspections (December).

Lee Gijae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, “We must prevent various safety accidents in advance through meticulous hygiene and facility inspections during the summer season, when food poisoning is likely to occur,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to make Yangcheon a great place to raise children by providing a safe childcare environment and childcare services.”

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