Jeongeup-si Selects Local Production Processed Food Suppliers for School Meals

Published 17 Feb.2022 14:11(KST)

[Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Jeongeup City in Jeonbuk has selected excellent local processed food companies to supply school meals in the Jeongeup area this year to ensure smooth school meal operations and revitalize the local economy.

According to the city on the 17th, the selected excellent processing companies are 17 companies that use raw materials produced locally or within the province and manufacture and process them directly in HACCP facilities.

After document review and on-site inspection of the applicants, the city selected ▲Danfungoeul (Yeong)'s rice cakes ▲Daepungnyeon, Daewon FS Co., Ltd., and Sanyeong's red pepper powder ▲Mirune Geodumteo's apple juice ▲Keunbawi Food Co., Ltd.'s rice cakes, sujebi (hand-pulled dough soup), and scorched rice ▲Myco International's snacks ▲Mamipam Eomni Farm's jams, among others.

Also selected were processed foods such as ▲Duson Food Co., Ltd.'s porridge and beverages ▲Serim Brown Rice Co., Ltd.'s brown rice oil ▲Booyoung Food's rice cakes and oils (sesame oil, perilla oil) ▲Haereul Pumeun Strawberry Farm's strawberry jam ▲Organic Vegan Co., Ltd.'s malt syrup, snacks, and sauces ▲Morning Farm Co., Ltd.'s blueberry jam ▲Jaeyeon Farm's brown rice lotus root pops ▲Taein Master Co., Ltd.'s cheonggukjang (fermented soybean paste) and sauces ▲Jeongmun Hope Village Well-being Experience Town's tofu.

These suppliers will deliver processed products to elementary, middle, and high school meals in the region through the Jeongeup City School Meal Support Center starting next month.

A city official said, “We will continue to support supplying local processed foods made from excellent local agricultural products to school meals, serving as a guide for coexistence among consumers (students), producers (farmers), and local small business owners, contributing to the revitalization of the local economy.”

Meanwhile, this year's free school meal support project is a program that fully supports the expenses that guardians would otherwise bear for school meal costs, with a total budget of 6 billion KRW (1.4 billion KRW from provincial funds, 1.6 billion KRW from city funds, and 3 billion KRW from the education office).

About 519 million KRW of the project budget is recommended to be used mandatorily for purchasing locally produced processed foods for school meals.