Food Poisoning Beware! ... Gumi City Launches Emergency Response Team Activities

Group Catering Facility Preventive Inspection, Special Check on Delivery and Seasonal Food Restaurants

Gumi City in Gyeongbuk has urged special attention to food hygiene management and is implementing food poisoning prevention measures as the risk of bacterial food poisoning increases due to hot summer weather and heavy rainfall.

Poster of the 6 Major Rules for Food Poisoning Prevention.

Forty percent of food poisoning cases occur in the summer, and the hot weather and heavy rainfall raise temperature and humidity levels, creating an environment conducive to the proliferation of food poisoning bacteria, thereby increasing the risk of food poisoning.

The city has formed an emergency food poisoning response team and established a system for continuous reception and dissemination to focus all efforts on managing the safety of group food poisoning incidents.

For publicity, the city is displaying food poisoning prevention images on electronic billboards and providing preventive text message services to large restaurants. It also plans to conduct special promotions and inspections targeting delivery and seasonal food-handling restaurants.

Additionally, food poisoning prevention diagnostic consulting and text message services will be provided to group catering facilities with a high likelihood of occurrence.

Min Myeong-suk, head of the Food Hygiene Division, said, “As food poisoning is a concern due to the heatwave and rainy season, we hope all citizens practice the three key prevention tips: washing hands, eating cooked food, and boiling food, so that everyone can have a healthy summer free from food accidents.”

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