Homeplus Signs Agreement with Korea Food Safety Management Certification Institute to Provide Safe Food

Cooperation on Restaurant Hygiene Grade Designation and Customized Technical Support

Homeplus announced on the 11th that it has signed an agreement to strengthen mutual cooperation with the Korea Food Safety Management Certification Institute to provide safe food.

This agreement was made to effectively support the hygiene and safety management of food used by consumers through mutual cooperation between the two organizations. Both organizations plan to promote restaurant hygiene grade designation evaluations, customized technical support, promotional cooperation to expand the hygiene grading system, and related training for store managers and customers.

Song Myeongheon, Head of Safety and Health Management Division at Homeplus (left), and Hong Jin-hwan, Director of the Korea Food Safety Management Certification Institute (right), are taking a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement on the 10th at the headquarters of the Korea Food Safety Management Certification Institute in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do. Photo by Homeplus

Homeplus has continuously pursued obtaining the restaurant hygiene grading system to provide safe food in its stores, and through this business agreement, it plans to further strengthen the expansion of new designations and maintenance activities for stores. The hygiene grading system is a system in which the Korea Food Safety Management Certification Institute, entrusted by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, evaluates and designates grades for restaurants and eateries.

A Homeplus official said, "We will strengthen cooperation to enable safer and more hygienic restaurant use and do our best to provide food that customers can use with confidence."

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