The Ministery of Food and Drug Safety will launch a sweeping hygiene inspection of delivery restaurants that cook and sell desserts such as the recently popular "Dubai jjondeuk cookie."
The Ministery of Food and Drug Safety said on the 27th that it will conduct intensive inspections of about 3,600 delivery-only dessert restaurants and unmanned ice cream shops. The inspections will run Feb. 2-6 in conjunction with 17 local governments.
The targets are restaurants that specialize in preparing and delivering desserts such as the Dubai jjondeuk cookie and chocolate cake, and unmanned specialty ice cream shops.
For delivery restaurants, the focus will be on items such as: ▲ hygiene management of food and kitchens ▲ compliance with facility standards including installing screens and covers on waste containers ▲ whether workers have undergone health checkups. In particular, given that the Dubai jjondeuk cookie's materials and supplies are mostly imported foods, the authorities plan to focus on whether unreported imported foods are being used and whether foods past their expiration for consumption are being stored or used.
For unmanned ice cream shops, inspections will focus on items that generate frequent consumer complaints, such as whether products past their expiration for consumption are being stored and spoilage due to poor storage.
In addition, the Ministery of Food and Drug Safety will randomly collect about 100 samples of prepared foods such as the Dubai jjondeuk cookie and conduct tests in parallel for hazards such as food poisoning bacteria.
The Ministery of Food and Drug Safety said it will continue this year to select inspection targets by reflecting consumption trends and considering items that lead market fads and any history of food poisoning incidents.