● the amount of salt in the beneficiaries’ food did not meet the regulations in force (the “Micul Rotterdam” Placement Centre of Constanta, Constanta county), and a recommendation was made to closely monitor the amount of salt used in the beneficiaries’ food; the visited unit informed that the central kitchen in charge with the supply of food was notified in order to monitor the proper amount of salt used to prepare food; ● the children’s opinion was not taken into account when deciding the menu (the “Casa Sperantei” Association of Campina, Prahova county), and the People’s Advocate Institution provided a recommendation to this purpose. ● proper ventilation was not provided in the food preparing facility (the Residential centre for children with disabilities of Focsani, Vrancea county), so that the recommendation to ensure the proper ventilation of the food preparing facility was provided and the representatives of the Centre informed the People’s Advocate that the beneficiaries were being fed, as of April 2018, by means of a catering service, so that the purchase of a hood to provide ventilation in the food preparing facility is no longer needed; ● food samples, labelled and stored in a separate refrigerator were not taken, based on the sanitary guidelines in force (the Alexandra-Violeta Family Centre, Teleorman county). The People’s Advocate Institution recommended that the visited unit should take food samples on a daily basis and keep them in a separate refrigerator, and the representatives of the Centre informed that food samples are taken on a daily basis and kept in another refrigerator than the one for food; ● water backup supply for 48 hours was not ensured, as provided by the minimum quality standards applicable to the Centre (the Sf. Nicolae Care Centre of Trusesti, Botosani county, the “Sf. Maria” Emergency Admission Centre of Calarasi, Calarasi county). Pursuant to the People’s Advocate’s recommendation to observe the provisions of the minimum quality standards in force, the received answer was that, at present, the amount of water for 48-hour backup supply is ensured (the Sf. Nicolae Care Centre of Trusesti, Botosani county), and the “Sf. Maria” Emergency Admission Centre of Calarasi, Calarasi county answered that the purchase of this supply was requested from DGASPC. ►Regarding healthcare: 158