Yongsan-gu 'Children's Meal Management Support Center' Established

7 Staff Including Center Director to Support Hygiene and Nutrition at Group Meal Facilities with Fewer Than 100 Children... Hygiene Safety Management Visits, Menu Development, etc. to be Promoted... Center Consignment Applications Accepted Until the 23rd... Contract Period 3 Years, Annual Project Budget 330 Million KRW

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] In small-scale daycare centers and kindergartens without employed nutritionists, it is difficult to carry out professional hygiene and nutrition management.

There are inevitably vulnerabilities in managing the nutrition of children receiving meals.

Yongsan-gu (District Mayor Seong Changhyun) will establish a Children's Meal Management Support Center this coming September.

This is to provide systematic and professional hygiene and nutrition management support for group meal facilities (124 locations) such as daycare centers and kindergartens with fewer than 100 children, which are not required to employ nutritionists.

The center’s installation authority is the 'consignment institution,' and the location will be designated within Yongsan-gu in consultation with the consignment institution. The center staff consists of 7 members, including the center director, divided into hygiene and nutrition teams.

The main tasks include ▲supporting hygiene management of meal facilities ▲providing hygiene and nutrition education for meal managers and cooking staff ▲conducting hygiene safety management patrol visits ▲consulting meal facilities ▲supporting nutrition management ▲analyzing nutritional value of existing menus and developing new menus.

The district will accept applications for consignment of the center until the 23rd of this month. After pre-registration on the 'e-Naradoom' website, applicants must submit documents such as the plan to the Public Health and Hygiene Division, Public Hygiene Team (4th floor, Yongsan-gu Comprehensive Administrative Town).

Documents can only be submitted in person on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; submissions by mail or on holidays are not accepted. Application forms can be downloaded from the announcements and notices section on the district website. Qualification requirements for consignment institutions follow the Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Safety Management of Children’s Dietary Life.

The district will select the consignment institution through document review (60%) and on-site presentation (40%) in July. Evaluation criteria include appropriateness and feasibility of the business plan, financial capability and credibility, business performance, personnel management, facility adequacy, business effectiveness, and potential for development.

Applicants must attend the evaluation committee and present their business plan via PPT within 10 minutes; absence will be considered a withdrawal.

The consignment period is three years from the contract date, with an annual budget of 330 million KRW.

Seong Changhyun, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “The district is doing its best to ensure the safety of children’s dietary life,” adding, “Once the Children's Meal Management Support Center is established, 4,417 children at 124 meal facilities with fewer than 100 children will benefit.”

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