Food Safety Day on the 14th… Seoul Plaza is a place to experience ‘safe food’

2024-05-09 03:18:20

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To mark ‘Food Safety Day’ on the 14th, commemorative events and various citizen participation programs will be held at Seoul Plaza in front of Seoul City Hall.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 7th that it will hold a commemorative event and regulatory science symposium on the 13th and 14th to mark the 23rd ‘Food Safety Day’ this year. Food Safety Day was established in 2002 to increase understanding and interest in food safety and encourage those who have contributed to the development of food safety management. An official from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said, “May is a time when we need to pay more attention to food safety than ever due to the large daily temperature difference.” He added, “To encourage people to practice food safety habits at home and work, May 14th is designated as Food Safety Day every year, and the 7th to 21st are designated as Food Safety Day. “We are operating it as a safety week,” he said.

Accordingly, a food safety promotion center will be established at Seoul Plaza in Jung-gu, Seoul. The public relations center consists of four halls: △Safe Family Hall, △Digital Food Safety Promotion Hall, △Public Safety Policy Promotion Hall, and △New Technology Applied Food Hall.

At the Safe Family Hall, promotional characters such as Dr. Jekyll, Meero, and Nasuro greet citizens, and at the Digital Food Safety Promotion Hall, advanced food safety management using digital technologies such as Smart HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) and Food QR is provided. Introducing the policy. At the Public Safety Policy Promotion Center, you can take a look at major food safety policies such as food poisoning prevention, seafood safety management, and sodium reduction. At the new technology application food hall, cell-cultured food exhibitions and tasting events for domestic and foreign food companies will be held. Events such as a stamp rally and lucky roulette are also prepared for citizens visiting the promotional center. If you visit 5 or more booths at the promotional center and receive stamps, you will receive a souvenir. You can receive snacks such as popcorn and coffee by posting a verification photo or message of your visit to the promotional center on social networking service (SNS).

The APFRAS meeting, a consultative body of Asia-Pacific food regulatory agency heads launched under the leadership of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in May last year, will also be held at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 13th and 14th. Afras was launched with the participation of seven countries, including the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and China, and two international organizations, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Codex International (CODEX). Starting this year, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Chile and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will join.

This Afras conference will be held under the theme ‘A new journey for food safety innovation.’ Business meetings are also scheduled to support the export of domestic food companies to Afras participating countries.

An official from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said, “At this meeting, we plan to communicate directly with the heads of food regulatory agencies and strengthen overseas networks,” adding, “Through this, we expect to have the effect of lowering regulatory barriers to food exports, including quickly resolving export difficulties for companies.” “He said. The ‘Regulatory Science Symposium commemorating Food Safety Day’ with regulatory science experts in the food field at home and abroad will also be held on the 14th. A consumer group talk concert and a global HACPS development seminar will also be held to share opinions from civil society groups and academia to create a safe food and drug environment.

Reporter Cho Yu-ra [e-mail]

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2024-05-09 03:18:20