Changwon City Imposes Administrative Sanctions Including Business Suspension and Fines on Delivery Restaurants with Poor Hygiene

Sanitation Inspections at 3,216 Locations Starting the 23rd

Compliance with Expiration Dates and Food Storage Temperatures

Changwon City, Gyeongnam, will inspect the hygiene conditions of restaurants registered on delivery apps.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Changwon City in Gyeongnam Province will conduct hygiene inspections on restaurants registered on delivery apps.

The inspection team, composed of hygiene officials and consumer food hygiene monitors, will investigate the hygiene status of all 3,216 restaurants registered on delivery apps starting from the 23rd.

They plan to examine overall hygiene management, including ▲whether expired products are stored or sold ▲compliance with food storage temperatures such as freezing and refrigeration ▲whether health checkups for workers are conducted.

The city will immediately correct relatively minor violations on site, and impose administrative measures such as business suspension and fines on establishments with poor hygiene conditions.

Lee Seongrim, Director of the Health and Hygiene Division, said, “In the case of delivery-only restaurants, consumers find it difficult to directly check the cooking space, and with the rapid increase in delivery food consumption, consumer anxiety has also risen. We will thoroughly manage restaurant hygiene so that citizens can order food with confidence.”