Following the social controversy in 2016 after a child got hemolytic-uremic syndrome, also known as hamburger disease, after eating a hamburger patty, 118 children recently showed food poisoning symptoms in a kindergarten in Ansan and 16 of them were infected with hemolytic-uremic syndrome. One of the major reasons for hemolytic-uremic syndrome, a complication from enterohemorrhagic E. coli, is contaminated meat. In particular, tougher safety management is required as microbial contamination and growth are highly likely in packaged ground meat like hamburger patties due to more contact with oxygen during manufacturing, spreading parts of meat contaminated by microbes, and cross-contamination with cooking tools such as grinders.

In this regard, this Act aims to obligate meat packaging business operators who produce packaged ground meat to apply Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) and conduct self-quality inspection, strengthen safety management for packaged ground meat, and prevent harm from food poisoning including hemolytic-uremic syndrome (Articles 9 (3) and 12 (3)).

Obligate meat packaging business operators who produce packaged ground meat to apply HACCP and conduct self-quality inspection (Articles 9 (3) and 12 (3)).