Safeguarding and Welfare Requirement: Health

Where children are provided with meals, snacks and drinks, they must be healthy, balanced and nutritious.
Little Chicks Pre-School
6.6 Food hgiene
(Including the procedure for reporting food poisoning)
Polic statement
We provide and/or serve food for children on the following basis (delete which does not apply):
nacks.
!eals.
"acked lunches.
We maintain the highest possible food hygiene standards with regard to the purchase, storage, preparation
and serving of food.
We are registered as a food provider with the local authority #nvironmental $ealth %epartment.
Procedures
&he person in charge and the person responsible for food preparation understands the principles of
$a'ard (nalysis and )ritical )ontrol "oint ($())") as it applies to their business. &his is set out in
afer *ood, +etter +usiness (*ood tandards (gency ,-..). &he basis for this is risk assessment of the
purchase, storage, preparation and serving of food to prevent growth of bacteria and food contamination.
(ll staff follow the guidelines of afer *ood, +etter +usiness.
(t least one person has an in/date *ood $ygiene )ertificate.
(ll staff involved in the preparation and handling of food have received training in food hygiene.
We use reliable suppliers for the food we purchase.
*ood is stored at correct temperatures and is checked to ensure it is in/date and not sub0ect to
contamination by pests, rodents or mould.
"acked lunches are stored in a cool place1 un/refrigerated food is served to children within 2 hours of
preparation at home.
*ood preparation areas are cleaned before use as well as after use.
&here are separate facilities for hand/washing and for washing up.
(ll surfaces are clean and non/porous.
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(ll utensils, crockery etc are clean and stored appropriately.
Waste food is disposed of daily.
)leaning materials and other dangerous materials are stored out of children3s reach.
)hildren do not have unsupervised access to the kitchen.
When children take part in cooking activities, they:
- are supervised at all times1
- understand the importance of hand washing and simple hygiene rules1
- are kept away from hot surfaces and hot water1 and
- do not have unsupervised access to electrical e4uipment, such as blenders etc.
Reporting of food poisoning
*ood poisoning can occur for a number of reasons1 not all cases of sickness or diarrhoea are as a result of
food poisoning and not all cases of sickness or diarrhoea are reportable.
Where children and/or adults have been diagnosed by a 5" or hospital doctor to be suffering from food
poisoning and where it seems possible that the source of the outbreak is within the setting, the manager
will contact the #nvironmental $ealth %epartment to report the outbreak and will comply with any
investigation.
(ny confirmed cases of food poisoning affecting two or more children looked after on the premises are
notified to 6fsted as soon as reasonably practicable, and always within .2 days of the incident.
Legal frame!ork
7egulation (#)) 89,/,--2 of the #uropean "arliament and of the )ouncil on the $ygiene of *oodstuffs
Further guidance
afer *ood +etter +usiness (*ood tandards (gency ,-..)
&his policy was adopted at a meeting of :ittle )hicks "re/chool name of setting
$eld on (date)
%ate to be reviewed pring ,, ,-.9 (date)
igned on behalf of the management committee
;ame of signatory
7ole of signatory (e.g. chair/owner)
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