[Press Release] MFDS Holds a Healthy Eating Campaign on 'Samsamhan Day'
- Registration Date 2025-03-31
- Hit 1456
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (led by Minister Oh Yu-kyoung) has announced to designate March 31 as ‘Samsamhan Day*’ every year to reduce excessive sodium intake in Korea and conduct a nationwide campaign in promoting a culture of healthy eating.
* As a homonym in Korean, ‘Samsamhan’ means food which is lightly seasoned but still tasty, and also respectively indicates numbers 3(three), 3(three), and 1(one). March 31 has been designated as a day to commemorate healthy eating by conveying the meaning of Sam-sam-han.
Division Dietary and Nutritional Safety Policy Division
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