Pyeongtaek City Selects Kookje University Industry-Academic Cooperation Division as Operating Agency for Children's Meal Management Support Center

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 21st that it has selected Kookje University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Division as the private contractor operator for the Pyeongtaek Children's Meal Management Support Center.

The Children's Meal Management Support Center targets meal facilities within the city that provide group meals to children, such as daycare centers, kindergartens, and child welfare facilities with fewer than 100 employees that do not require a nutritionist on staff. It provides services including: ▲on-site visitation guidance and consulting for meal facilities ▲age-appropriate menu and recipe development and distribution ▲customized food hygiene, safety, and nutrition education programs for target groups (children, cooking staff, directors, teachers, and parents) ▲provision of hygiene, safety, and nutrition management information and promotional activities.

The city entrusts the center's operation to institutions with expertise to systematically carry out the project.

The operating agency was determined through deliberation by a selection committee for private contractor operators. The selection committee reviewed ▲the financial capacity and credibility of the operating agency ▲meal-related implementation achievements over the past three years ▲facilities for project execution ▲appropriateness of the business operation plan ▲project execution capability, and ultimately confirmed Kookje University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Division.

Kookje University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Division, which has been operating the center since 2015, will be responsible for an additional three-year period from 2021 to 2023.