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Cheorwon-gun holds the Taebong Festival every year and conducts hygiene inspections to ensure food safety during the festival.
Cheorwon-gun will conduct a joint sanitary inspection of food booths at the festival ahead of the 44th Taebong Festival, which will be held starting on the 30th.
Consumer hygiene inspectors and hygiene department officials visit the sites together to carefully inspect the safety and hygiene levels of the food to be provided during the festival.
The main inspection contents include โฒhygienic conditions of kitchens and facilities, โฒstorage and management of food ingredients, โฒpersonal hygiene of workers, โฒcompliance with health examinations and hygiene education, and โฒcompliance with food poisoning prevention rules.
The hygiene department will carry out guidance and promotional activities to prevent food poisoning during the festival, and will inspect the site frequently and respond immediately in case of complaints.
In addition, we plan to crack down on businesses operating without reporting around the festival site to prevent illegal operations in advance.
Shin Young-mi, head of the health policy department, said on the 29th, "We will carefully inspect the food booths at the festival to create an environment where visitors can enjoy the festival with peace of mind. We will manage it to ensure that there are no gaps in preventing food poisoning and food accidents."

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