Special Act on Safety Management of Children's Dietary Lifestyle.
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Abstract
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to promoting children's health by prescribing matters necessary for supplying safe and nutritionally balanced foods in order to help children to acquire healthy dietary habits.
The State has the responsibility to formulate and implement a policy to improve the safety and nutritional value of foods supplied to children so that they can grow up healthy. In order to protect children by creating an environment in which safe and sanitary foods are sold, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu (referring to the head of an autonomous Gu; hereinafter the same shall apply) may designate and manage a zone within 200 meters in a straight line from schools and the boundary lines of the relevant schools as a children's food safety protection zone. The Minister of Food and Drug Safety may determine and publicly notify nutrition standards for highcalorie, low-nutrient foods, and restrict or prohibit the sale of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods and high-caffeine foods in any of the following establishments: 1. Schools; 2. Exemplary business establishments. In order to support the sanitation and nutritional management in the meal places that provide group meal service to children, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall establish and operate a Center for Children’s Foodservice Management. In order to provide advice to the Minister of Food and Drug Safety and to deliberate on matters necessary for managing safety of children's dietary lifestyle, such as the safety and nutritional management of children's favorite foods, group meals, etc., a Committee on the Safety Management of Children's Dietary Lifestyle shall be established under the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
The Act further makes provisions for: prohibition of sale of foods detrimental to children's emotional health, standards for quality certification and labeling, application for quality certification and examination, calculation of dietary lifestyle safety index, administrative fines, etc.
The State has the responsibility to formulate and implement a policy to improve the safety and nutritional value of foods supplied to children so that they can grow up healthy. In order to protect children by creating an environment in which safe and sanitary foods are sold, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu (referring to the head of an autonomous Gu; hereinafter the same shall apply) may designate and manage a zone within 200 meters in a straight line from schools and the boundary lines of the relevant schools as a children's food safety protection zone. The Minister of Food and Drug Safety may determine and publicly notify nutrition standards for highcalorie, low-nutrient foods, and restrict or prohibit the sale of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods and high-caffeine foods in any of the following establishments: 1. Schools; 2. Exemplary business establishments. In order to support the sanitation and nutritional management in the meal places that provide group meal service to children, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall establish and operate a Center for Children’s Foodservice Management. In order to provide advice to the Minister of Food and Drug Safety and to deliberate on matters necessary for managing safety of children's dietary lifestyle, such as the safety and nutritional management of children's favorite foods, group meals, etc., a Committee on the Safety Management of Children's Dietary Lifestyle shall be established under the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
The Act further makes provisions for: prohibition of sale of foods detrimental to children's emotional health, standards for quality certification and labeling, application for quality certification and examination, calculation of dietary lifestyle safety index, administrative fines, etc.
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English
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