Yangcheon-gu Conducts Hygiene Inspections of School and Kindergarten Group Dining Facilities for the New Semester

Joint Inspections with Gangseo Yangcheon Office of Education and Consumer Monitors
Food Ingredient Storage and Cooking Utensil Sample Testing Conducted Simultaneously

Yangcheon-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Lee Gijae), is conducting hygiene inspections of group dining facilities at schools and kindergartens in the district to mark the start of the new spring semester. The district announced on March 15 that, together with the Gangseo Yangcheon Office of Education and consumer food hygiene monitors, it will conduct joint inspections of 46 facilities during the first half of the year, continuing through March 26.

A collective catering facility hygiene management inspection scene. Courtesy of Yangcheon District.

The main inspection items include compliance with food storage and handling standards, personal hygiene management of food service workers, use of food past its expiration date, management of retained food samples, and hygiene management and washing of ingredients. For cooked foods and cooking utensils, which pose a higher risk of food poisoning, the district will also conduct sample tests to check for the presence of foodborne pathogens.

If minor violations are found during the inspections, immediate corrective action will be taken on-site. In cases where serious violations such as breaches of the Food Sanitation Act are identified, administrative measures will be taken in accordance with relevant regulations.

The district will also provide training to food service staff on food poisoning prevention guidelines and hygiene management instructions. In the second half of the year, an additional 38 facilities are scheduled to be inspected.

Last year, Yangcheon-gu inspected 83 group dining facilities at schools and kindergartens, and all facilities were found to meet hygiene standards. In addition, all four sample tests of cooked foods were deemed satisfactory.

Lee Gijae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, "Since school meal usage increases during the new semester, thorough hygiene management is more important than ever. We will continue to strengthen hygiene inspections and preventive management of meal facilities at schools and kindergartens to ensure a safe environment where students and children can enjoy their meals with peace of mind."

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