Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Selected as an Excellent Institution for 'Senior Meal Safety' by MFDS

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 31st that it has been selected as an excellent institution for the ‘Senior Meal Safety Management Project’ by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.

Last year, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety implemented the Senior Meal Safety Management Project aimed at improving the meal environment and establishing healthy eating habits for elderly people using welfare facilities.

The project mainly involved establishing and operating Social Welfare Meal Management Support Centers in seven local governments nationwide.

Gwangsan-gu started the related project in April 2018, a year earlier than this. The two local governments began operating public meal management support centers for systematic management of meal services in social welfare facilities, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety expanded this model nationwide as the Senior Meal Safety Management Project.

For the past two years, Gwangsan-gu has been providing customized meal plans and conducting hygiene management for elderly and disabled welfare facilities without nutritionists. Additionally, it established a basic plan for dietary education to lay the foundation for the senior meal safety management project.

In particular, when the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety officially launched the Senior Meal Safety Management Project, Gwangsan-gu, together with Honam University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, attracted the pilot project for the Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center to Gwangsan-gu.

The Gwangsan-gu Meal Management Support Center has improved the meal environment by providing 2,481 meal plans to 56 small-scale elderly and disabled welfare facilities and conducting 37 hygiene, safety, and nutrition education sessions.

This excellent institution selection by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is interpreted as a high evaluation of Gwangsan-gu’s efforts.

A Gwangsan-gu Public Health Center official said, “We will continue to expand the Senior Meal Safety Management Project to ensure a safe meal environment and healthy eating habits for nutritionally vulnerable elderly people.”

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