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General Welfare Requirement: Suitable premises, environment and equipment Outdoor and indoor spaces, furniture and toys must be safe and suitable for their purpose. Health and safety 5.5 Food hygiene (Including procedure for reporting food poisoning) Policy statement In our setting we provide and/or serve food for children on the following basis: Snacks. Packed lunches. We maintain the highest possible food hygiene standards with regard to the purchase, storage, preparation and serving of food. We are not registered as a food provider with the local authority Environmental Health Department as we only provide snacks, and children bring their own packed lunches. EYFS key themes and commitments A Unique Child Positive Enabling Learning and Relationships Environments Development 1.3 Keeping safe 3.3 The learning environment 3.4 The wider context Procedures The person in charge and the person responsible for food preparation understands the principles of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) as it applies to their business. This is set out in Safer Food Better Business. The basis for this is risk assessment as it applies to the purchase, storage, preparation and serving of food to prevent growth of bacteria and food contamination. If any foreign body, e.g. hair, fingernail or mould, is seen on the food it is discarded immediately. All staff follow the guidelines of Safer Food Better Business where applicable. At least one person has an in-date Food Hygiene Certificate (currently Penny Thomas). The person responsible for food preparation and serving carries out daily opening and closing checks on the kitchen to ensure standards are met consistently. (See Safer Food Better Business.) When the large kitchen is not available for snack preparation (currently on Mondays), pre-prepared snacks are used, or children are encouraged to take part in preparing snacks at a table as a group activity. We use reliable suppliers for the food we purchase. Food is stored at the correct temperature (between 0 and 5ºC) and is checked to ensure it is in-date and not subject to contamination by pests, rodents or mould. The refrigerator has a thermometer and a daily check is carried out, with responsible staff member signing a log sheet to confirm that food is correctly stored. The refrigerator is cleaned weekly as well as immediately after any spillage. Packed lunches are stored with an ice pack; un-refrigerated food is served to children within 4 hours of preparation at home. Food preparation areas and tables are cleaned with antibacterial cleaner before and after use. There are separate facilities for hand-washing and for washing up (except in the small kitchenwhen this is used for washing-up, staff are required to use the cloakroom for hand washing). We use a separate bowl for washing dishes, and the cloth is discarded weekly. Gloves are worn for food preparation and a separate apron is provided for this purpose and is washed weekly. All surfaces are clean and non-porous. Dry food is stored in a lidded box. All utensils, crockery etc are clean and stored appropriately in a lidded box. Tea towels are replaced daily to avoid cross contamination. Waste food is disposed of daily and the kitchen bin is emptied daily. Cleaning materials and other dangerous materials are stored on a high shelf out of children's reach. Children do not have unsupervised access to the kitchen. When children take part in cooking activities, they: are supervised at all times; understand the importance of hand washing and simple hygiene rules are kept away from hot surfaces and hot water; and do not have unsupervised access to electrical equipment such as blenders etc. Reporting of food poisoning Food poisoning can occur for a number of reasons; 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 GP 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 Environmental Health Department and the Health Protection Agency (01993 861060) to report the outbreak and will comply with any investigation. If the food poisoning is identified as a notifiable disease under the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988 the setting will report the matter to Ofsted. Legal Framework Regulation (EC) 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs Further guidance Safer Food Better Business (Food Standards Agency) www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/regulation/hygleg/hyglegresources/sfbb/sfbbcaterers This policy was adopted by Acre End Pre-School name of setting On (date) Date to be reviewed (date) Signed on behalf of the management committee Name of signatory Lucy Wright Role of signatory (e.g. chair/owner) Chairperson Staff signatures Helen Rose Penny Thomas Jenny McKendrick Nicola Davies Tatjana Cottet Kate Bustin