Gwangju Nam-gu "Leading Balanced Children's Meals"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 27th that it will strengthen management of local daycare centers and kindergartens providing meals to children without nutritionists, following the implementation of the ‘Mandatory Registration of Children's Meal Facilities’ system aimed at providing quality meals to all children since the end of last year.

According to Nam-gu, since December 30 of last year, the ‘Special Act on the Safety Management of Children's Dietary Life’ has been enforced, requiring even small-scale children's meal facilities without nutritionists to mandatorily register with the Children's Meal Management Support Centers operated by each local government.

This is to manage the hygiene and nutrition of meals provided at daycare centers, kindergartens, and local children's centers as part of the national responsibility system for food safety.

Following the enforcement of the special act, from December 30 last year, Nam-gu, together with the Nam-gu Children's Meal Support Center, visited 185 small-scale children's meal facilities subject to mandatory registration within the district, including 123 daycare centers, 7 kindergartens, 49 local children's centers, 2 Dahamkke Care Centers, and 4 communal living homes, completing the mandatory registration procedures.

In addition, professional nutritionists working at the Nam-gu Children's Meal Support Center conducted sequential on-site training for the 185 small-scale children's meal facilities in the district, covering various topics such as personal hygiene management, ingredient storage methods, menu and meal management, allergy and salt content management.

Considering the scale of children's meal facilities, Nam-gu and the Nam-gu Children's Meal Support Center plan to conduct hygiene and safety inspections 4 to 6 times throughout this year, and also conduct nutrition management on-site training twice annually.

Furthermore, management and inspections of daycare centers and kindergartens providing meals to more than 100 children, along with nutritionists, will be continuously carried out.

It has been tallied that there are a total of 35 facilities providing meals to more than 100 children within the district, including 9 daycare centers, 25 kindergartens, and 1 child care facility, and these facilities will be provided with hygiene safety and nutrition management education as well as various information.

A Nam-gu official stated, “We will create the best meal environment to ensure that safe and balanced food is provided to children in the district.”

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