The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced today (August 13) that it inspected restaurants serving summer dishes such as samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup), naengmyeon (cold noodles), and gimbap alongside local governments in mid-July, catching 58 establishments violating the Food Sanitation Act.

The inspections covered a total of 4,915 businesses, including 2,510 delivery-focused eateries preparing or selling items like samgyetang, naengmyeon, and chicken, and 2,405 establishments preparing or selling dishes centered around eggs, such as gimbap and toast.

Among the inspected delivery eateries for samgyetang, naengmyeon, and chicken, 18 businesses were flagged for violations.

Specific violations included 7 cases of violating sanitary handling standards such as poor kitchen hygiene, 6 cases of failing to undergo mandatory health check-ups, 4 cases of violating operator compliance rules such as selling products past their expiration dates, and 1 case of violating facility standards such as failing to install lids on waste containers.

For businesses selling egg-based foods, 40 establishments were caught.

The most common violations were failing to conduct health check-ups with 15 cases, followed by 13 facility standard violations, 11 sanitary handling standard violations, and 1 operator compliance rule violation.

The Ministry requested the competent authorities to issue administrative penalties against these businesses.

Additionally, the Ministry reported that out of 160 cooked food samples collected and tested for food poisoning bacteria, one gimbap sample was found to contain Staphylococcus aureus exceeding the legal limit.

The Ministry has also conducted inspections targeting dairy processing and sales companies, as well as stamina food establishments earlier this summer.

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