Jungnang-gu Operates Public Meal Service Center to Ensure Safe Food Ingredient Supply

Same-Day Produced Ingredients Delivered Daily, Providing Fresh Food to Daycare Centers and Local Children's Centers... - Public Meal Service Center Established at Sinnae Knowledge Industry Center in Sinnae-dong Last December

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jungnang-gu (Mayor Ryu Kyung-gi), participating in the urban-rural win-win public meal service, has established and begun operating its own public meal service center located in the Sinnae Knowledge Industry Center in Sinnae-dong.

The ‘Urban-Rural Win-Win Public Meal Service’ is a project where the district and the producing local governments engage in one-to-one direct transactions to supply healthy ingredients from production areas that have passed safety inspections to public meal facilities. Since 2019, Jungnang-gu has participated in Seoul’s ‘Urban-Rural Win-Win Public Meal Service,’ supplying fresh ingredients from Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do to local daycare centers and community child centers.

Before the opening, the district utilized the Gangseo Seoul Eco-friendly Meal Service Center, but in December, it established the Jungnang-gu Public Meal Service Center within the Sinnae Knowledge Industry Center in Sinnae-dong, covering an area of 870.79㎡, consisting of offices, a promotional hall, warehouses for processed goods, and cold storage.

With the public meal service center installed locally, accessibility has improved, enabling faster delivery and prompt handling of claims. Additionally, the facility is equipped with convenient logistics features such as a smart drive-in system allowing parking on each floor and a loading dock, enabling more efficient work processing.

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, said, “I am pleased that with the installation of this public meal service center, we can supply fresh food from production areas more quickly to children using daycare centers and community child centers. We will continue to make every effort to provide safe food that growing children can trust.”

As part of the urban-rural win-win cooperation with Yeonggwang-gun, the local government with which it has a public meal service agreement, the district conducted a Yeonggwang specialty product package project in October targeting local daycare centers and community child centers. Utilizing unused meal funds due to the COVID-19 situation, 2,354 sets of Yeonggwang specialty product packages and eco-friendly curry packages were successfully sold, effectively realizing the purpose of urban-rural win-win cooperation and promoting the public meal service project.

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