Ganghwa County Launches Intensive Food Poisoning Prevention Inspections at Childcare Facilities and Group Dining Establishments

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Ganghwa County announced on the 13th that it will conduct sanitation inspections targeting kindergartens and childcare facilities and other group dining establishments.

The county plans to implement comprehensive inspections of 96 group dining establishments at kindergartens and childcare facilities by the 31st of this month. This is part of preventive measures in response to concerns about group dining establishments, following a recent food poisoning incident at a kindergarten in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province.

Key inspection items include ▲compliance with reserved food storage ▲personal hygiene management of cooking staff and others ▲food ingredient management status ▲kitchen sanitation conditions ▲transmission of other hygiene management guidelines for infectious disease prevention, and so forth.

In addition to inspections, the county plans to raise awareness about food poisoning prevention and violations of the Food Sanitation Act through on-site education to prevent collective food poisoning incidents in advance. Minor violations will be subject to immediate corrective action on-site, while serious violations will be subject to administrative penalties and designated as priority management establishments for continuous monitoring.

An official from the county stated, "Given concerns about the health of children with weak immunity due to COVID-19 and rising summer temperatures, we will do our best to ensure safe meals are provided through thorough guidance, inspections, and education."