Namwon City Public Health Center Conducts Inspections of Group Catering Facilities to Prevent Food Poisoning

The Namwon City Public Health Center in Jeonbuk (Director Han Yong-jae) announced that starting from the 18th, it will conduct inspections of collective dining facilities and food sales businesses within collective dining facilities to prevent food poisoning.

The inspection will focus primarily on collective dining facilities in social welfare institutions, with guidance inspections and sample collection and testing planned mainly for food sales businesses within collective dining facilities.

Exterior view of Namwon City Public Health Center. [Photo by Namwon City Public Health Center]

The inspection items include the hygiene status of the kitchen, standards for storing ingredients and the appropriateness of expiration dates, proper storage of prepared and served food (preserved food), personal hygiene of workers, compliance with other business operator requirements, and adherence to facility standards.

Rather than enforcement, the center plans to focus on guidance to prevent food poisoning by providing information and education on food poisoning prevention. Distribution of self-inspection checklists for food poisoning prevention and promotion of prevention measures will also be conducted simultaneously.

A city official stated, “We expect that inspections of collective dining facilities will contribute to preventing food poisoning and help improve the management level of food poisoning in collective dining facilities.”

Namwon = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jeong Young-gwon baekok@asiae.co.kr

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