I checked the school cafeteria and nearby stores... Poor hygiene in 14 locations

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, intensive investigation in the fall semester... There are also unsuitable foods

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Sang-hyun = The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 14th that it inspected kindergartens, elementary, middle, high, and university cafeterias, food ingredient suppliers, and businesses that cook and sell children's favorite foods in the children's food safety protection zone and detected 14 places that violated the Food Sanitation Act.

This intensive inspection was conducted by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, together with local governments and offices of education, at 37,500 locations from August 24 to the 11th of last month to prevent food poisoning in the fall semester.

The violating businesses were one group meal service facility, three consignment meal service facilities, two group meal service food sales businesses, and eight businesses that cook and sell children's favorite food within the food safety protection zone.

The most common violation was storing products past their expiration date (9), followed by violation of hygienic handling standards (3), such as lack of workplace cleanliness.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has requested local governments to take administrative action against violative businesses and plans to re-inspect these businesses within six months.

In addition, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it inspected 1,609 items, including 1,056 prepared foods and utensils, 174 children's favorite foods, and 379 agricultural products, for food poisoning bacteria contamination and confirmed two cases of nonconformity. There were one case of nonconformity and one case of finished product and one case of agricultural product.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is also inspecting the sanitary conditions of approximately 4,300 daycare centers by the end of this month.