(1) Reasons for Proposal

The Amendment addresses inconveniences faced by business operators by streamlining provisions on criteria for facilities of food services businesses concerning the separation of places of business and the scope of shared use of kitchens. It also clearly specifies obligations for food service business operators and their employees concerning the scope of food that shall not be reused, thereby aiming to prevent confusion among business operators.

(2) Major Provisions

A. Streamline criteria for facilities of food service businesses (attached Table 14)

Relax criteria for facilities such that where different business operators intend to operate a general restaurant business and a rest restaurant business or a bakery business in the same space, the places of business may be separated by partitions or dividers instead of walls or floors

Increase the scope of shared use of kitchens such that where a bakery business operator operates two or more bakeries that are located in neighboring districts within the same jurisdiction and within a distance of 5 kilometers, the bakeries may share the same kitchen

B. Clarify the scope of the reuse of food by food service establishments (attached Table 17)

Clearly specify the scope of food that shall not be reused by food service establishments by changing the phrase “a customer’s leftover food” to “food that has been displayed or provided for customer consumption"