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Hamgyong Province cracks down on sanitation rule breakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With germ and virus infections spreading through North Korea\u2019s markets, shops and restaurants, the nation\u2019s authorities have begun efforts to bring the situation under control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Friday that in accordance with a central government order, the province\u2019s people\u2019s committee has launched a sweeping inspection of sanitation measures at local markets, shops and restaurants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people&#8217;s committee said activities to stop germs and viruses in the \u201cnecessities services network,\u201d and at \u201cfoodstuff provision units\u201d in particular, strengthens sanitation and quarantine efforts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The committee reportedly ordered shops, restaurants and other businesses that distribute necessities to create sanitation and quarantine inspection diaries and ledgers to record sanitation conditions on a daily basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also instructed provincial, city and county commerce departments to inspect compliance with sanitation and quarantine regulations twice or three times a week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea plans to carry out these inspections every year during the summer months of July and August. This year, the authorities have reportedly decided to carry out the inspections until ordered to do otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Hamgyong Province People\u2019s Committee blamed the transportation of sugar, seasonings, oil and other foodstuffs to the province\u2019s agricultural villages for worsening transmission of germs and viruses, and called for efforts to stamp out the spread of diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the people\u2019s committee took sharpest aim at private merchants in markets failing to comply with sanitation regulations when packaging foodstuffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe committee called on officials to uncover and punish those involved in selling unpackaged candy, snacks and taffy, or selling items packaged in an unsafe way, along with those selling noodles, rice cakes and other foods at home without permission from the people\u2019s committee,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source further reported that the committee called for free physical exams at provincial, city and county hospitals for the staff of state-sanctioned distribution workplaces, along with emphasis on maintaining a system in good working order that excludes, for the time being, individuals who have been confirmed free of infectious diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people\u2019s committee also warned that workplaces or individuals who violate sanitation and quarantine regulations could be \u201cmercilessly\u201d subjected to fines or administrative orders to suspend service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accordingly, an inspection team formed by the provincial people\u2019s committee is tightening the screws on the provincial, city and county distribution networks. This has local shops, restaurants and individual merchants irate, wondering if now \u2014 when making a living is so hard that they are on the verge of death \u2014 is really the time to nitpick over regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20220729-3\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With germ and virus infections spreading through North Korea\u2019s markets, shops and restaurants, the nation\u2019s authorities have begun efforts to bring the situation under control. 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