J Korean Diet Assoc.  2003 Aug;9(3):219-232.

Assessment of the Child Care Centers' Foodservice Facility and Development of the Kitchen Facility Model based on the General Sanitation Standards and Guidelines

• Park YJ
• Kwak TK
• Kang YJ
• Chung HK

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to assess the child care centers' foodservice facility, and to develop the kitchen facility model based on the general sanitation standards and guidelines in order to provide basic information for a plan review to build or renovate child care centers' foodservice facility. The scopes of the study include : 1) field assessment of the foodservice management practices and facilities in 8 public child care centers, and 2 private child care centers which they are subsidized from the government as public child care centers, 2) development of child care centers' kitchen facility model based on the General Sanitation Standards and Guidelines. The results of this study can be summarized as follows : 1. Field Assessment of the Child Care Centers' Foodservice Facility Average number of children in child care centers was 78.0+/-24.20, the average space of kitchen was 15.13+/-4.25(m2). Especially, the average space of kitchen was 18.49+/-4.35(m2) with enrollment capacity of 90~120 children in child care centers. The inventory level of most foods was relatively low except rice and kimchi. Kitchen facilities and equipments were similar to those of home kitchen and did not meet the standards of institutional practice. Therefore, the director in child care centers should recognize the importance of the sanitation management and pay more attention to the renovation of foodservice facilities as well as sanitation management practices. 2. Development of the Kitchen Facility Model based on the General Sanitation Standards and Guidelines The kitchen facility plan model with enrollment capacity of 100 children was developed based on the results of field assessment and literature review. Suggested kitchen space was 34.16m2(6,100mmx5,600mm). This space was bigger than the results of field survey or precedent study, considered appropriate to implement the general sanitation standards. The main feature of the developed kitchen facility plan and model was product flow in one direction from the arrival of the raw material to the finished product in order to prevent cross contamination and to improve working efficiency.

Keyword

child care center; the general sanitation standards; kitchen facility and equipments

MeSH Terms

Child
Child Care*
Child*
Humans
Institutional Practice
Sanitation*