Osan City Conducts Guidance and Inspection of 'Children's Food Safety Protection Zone'

The Osan City Health Center (City Mayor Kwak Sang-uk) conducted special guidance and inspection on 180 food retail establishments handling children's favorite foods within the Children's Food Safety Protection Zone (GreenFoodZone) within 200 meters of schools on the 26th and 27th of last month to provide students with a safe and hygienic food sales environment as the new school term began.

The city health center organized five inspection teams with 10 members, including hygiene department staff and dedicated managers, to conduct intensive inspections on matters including the sale of expired products, the sale of high-calorie, low-nutrition, and high-caffeine foods, the sale of foods harmful to emotions, the sale of unmarked products, and violations of hygienic handling standards for foods.

Particularly in this inspection, intensive promotion of amended provisions of the 'Special Act on Children's Food Dietary Safety Management Enforcement Decree,' which came into effect on January 31st and primarily concerns the prohibition of sales of high-caffeine food products, was conducted targeting 17 establishments including school cafeterias and excellent food retailers.

As a result of this inspection, minor issues will be corrected on-site, and major violations will be subject to administrative measures in accordance with the Food Sanitation Act.

An official from Osan City Health Center said, "We will continue to make our best efforts to create a safe food environment where children can live healthily through ongoing guidance and inspection of the Children's Food Safety Protection Zone around schools."