Geumcheon District Moves to Provide Specialized Nutrition and Hygiene Management for Senior Center Lunches

Agreement with Foodservice Management Support Center and Senior Citizens Association
Tailored menus, visits to senior centers for inspections and education

Seoul’s Geumcheon District, headed by Mayor Choi Gichan, is establishing a system in which specialized institutions support nutrition and hygiene management for lunches at senior centers. The move comes in response to an increase in the number of meals served under a program providing lunch at senior centers five days a week.

Geumcheon-gu Mayor Choi Gichan (center) poses for a commemorative photo with Center Director Hwang Jiyun and Branch Chair Yu Hyeok at the “Business Agreement on Nutrition and Hygiene Management for Senior Center Lunches” held at the district office on the 6th. Provided by Geumcheon-gu.

The district said on October 11 that it signed an agreement on nutrition and hygiene management for senior center lunches on October 6 with the Geumcheon-gu Center for Children’s and Social Welfare Foodservice Management Support, headed by Director Hwang Jiyun, and the Geumcheon-gu Branch of the Korea Senior Citizens Association in Seoul, headed by Branch Chair Yu Hyeok.

Most senior centers that prepare lunch on-site are small and lack professional nutrition staff, making it difficult to plan menus that take older adults’ nutritional needs into account. The district said they also need professional support with hygiene and safety management throughout the food storage, preparation and serving process.

Under the agreement, the district will oversee its senior center lunch support program and provide administrative assistance. The foodservice management support center will provide menus tailored to older adults and information on healthy eating, and make visits to senior centers to support hygiene and safety management of foodservice facilities as well as nutrition management. It will also provide hygiene and nutrition education for kitchen staff and senior center users.

The Geumcheon-gu Branch of the Korea Senior Citizens Association will encourage senior centers in the district to register with the center and gather feedback from the field on lunch operations to share with relevant institutions.

Mayor Choi Gichan said, “We will work to create healthy senior centers where older adults can enjoy their meals with peace of mind.”

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