Hwaseong-si Supports Hygiene and Nutrition Management at Senior and Disabled Meal Centers

Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center Delivers Plaques to 34 Meal Sites

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province opened the 'Hwaseong Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center' to support hygienic meal services at social welfare facilities with fewer than 50 meal recipients, where the employment of nutritionists is not mandatory, and on the 28th, delivered plaques to 34 social welfare meal service sites.

A representative from the Hwaseong City Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center is delivering a signboard to a social welfare facility in the district.
[Photo by Hwaseong City]

According to current law, childcare centers and kindergartens without nutritionists are required to register with the Child Meal Management Support Center to manage nutrition and hygiene. However, such mandatory regulations do not apply to welfare facilities used by the elderly or disabled, resulting in about 8 out of 10 facilities providing meals without nutritionists, the city explained.

Accordingly, the city established the Social Welfare Meal Management Center in July and began supporting hygiene and nutrition management at meal service sites operating in elderly care and disability facilities. The center is operated under contract by the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Suwon University.

For the supported meal service sites, professional nutritionists from the center visit directly to provide ▲ customized meal plans based on nutritional status analysis ▲ education tailored to cooks, care workers, and the elderly ▲ hygiene and nutrition management through regular visits and guidance. Facilities wishing to register with the center can contact the Hwaseong City Child and Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center.

Oh Je-hong, Director of the Hwaseong City Environment Bureau, stated, "We will continue to strive to create a safe and healthy meal environment for vulnerable groups in the region."

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