The kindergarten canteens shall not be contracted to inPiduals. 80% of them should meet the B level requirements. The “High-standard Kitchen Plan” has been actively promoted… On Nov 25, it was learned that the “High-standard Kitchen Plan” will be carried out in the entire Yichang city in order to strengthen the management of canteens and ensure their safety, cleanness, and nutrition of food, according to the announcement made by the Municipal Bureau of Education.
According to the announcement, all kindergartens should execute this plan actively and enhance the management of food hygiene. The municipal-level exemplary kindergartens should meet the level A requirements; 80% of kindergartens should meet the level B requirements; All of kindergartens should meet the level C requirements. The D-level kindergartens shall be shut down.
The logistics departments of all kindergartens should guide their canteens to implement the working mechanisms called “Five Supervisors” (the hygiene supervisor, quality control supervisor, nutrition guide, price inspection supervisor and skill management supervisor) and “Two Releases to Public” (ingredients purchasing price released to public; food prices released to the public). Concentrated procurement system shall also be built on a county/city basis. All duties and responsibilities of all canteen positions such as food purchasing, food processing, dining room management and management of personnel should have rules and regulations to follow. Those rules and regulations should be posted on the wall and made public to parents, who are allowed to supervise the process.
The canteens shall not be contracted to inPiduals for profit-making; the special account must be set up and settled each month and each semester. The financial conditions should be made transparent to parents and accept their supervision. All the food expenses should be spent on the children’s dieting; all expenditures should abide by the rules with valid novices; the expenditures should only include children’s food (meal; drinks and fruit) costs, water and electricity fees in dining rooms, fuel expenses, workers’ salary and welfare as well as low-value consumption goods costs. The costs of staff’s working meals should be settled independently. (Reporter: Cao Yu)