The Food and Drug Administration announced on the 6th that in the summer, edible ice was collected from coffee shops across the country and inspected, and as a result, ice used in 15 stores was found to be inadequate due to exceeding the number of bacteria.

This collection inspection was conducted for ▲ ice makers (362 cases) made at coffee shops, ▲ cup ice (55 cases) sold at convenience stores, etc., and beverages such as Dutch coffee (92 cases).

As a result, it was found that 15 ice makers at coffee shops such as Caffe Bene (Gimpo Sau Branch) and Derventi (Gumi Songjeong Branch) and 1 Dutch coffee at Standing Coffee Roasters in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, did not meet the standards and specifications.

Nine out of 15 ice makers in coffee shops consumed potassium permanganate (an indicator of the degree of contamination of organic matter), four pH (a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of water) and two bacteria exceeded the standard. .

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety immediately stopped using ice makers through the local governments for 15 stores that used ice that had been judged to be non-conforming and used only ice made to meet the standards after washing, disinfection, and filter replacement.

According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the non-conformity rate of the edible ice collection test this year was 4% (15 out of 362 stores), and the non-conformity rate decreased to 18% (41 out of 233 stores) compared to last year.

An official from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said, "It is a result of providing hygiene hygiene tips to the industry to improve the hygiene management of ice makers and edible ice in the summer, and the salespeople themselves have strengthened hygiene management such as ice machine cleaning and disinfection." I will do education, publicity and continuous collection inspection."