Under the Food Act 2014 and Food Regulations 2015, all ECE centres must ensure that the food they provide children as part of their service is safe and suitable.
This video gives tips on what ECE centres need to do to get and stay verified. It covers the risks associated with people, places, processes & practices.
Food Safe offers food safety training for ECE Centres, online across New Zealand and at sites in Auckland, Hamilton, and Christchurch.
ECE Centres need to check-off that staff know the procedures for:
- Cleaning and sanitising
- Managing waste
- Controlling pests Controlling hazards during food handling – essential process steps
- Temperature control (hotter than 60°C, cooler than 5°C)’ for ingredients received
- Chilling cooked dishes to below 5°C within 6 hours
- Temperature control (hotter than 60°C, cooler than 5°C) for food transferred between centres (e.g. food prepared at a central kitchen, then delivered to sites)
- Ensuring any person known to be sick does not handle food
- Supervisor checks
- Tracing of food prepared offsite, or frozen for later use
- If any food is transferred between different sites of the company, label it with the food type, the date it was prepared, and the address of the recipient site
- If any food is prepared, then frozen for later use, label it with the date of preparation.
- Recall of food
- Identify and dispose of any food affected by the recall, including any food transferred between sites or frozen
- Your verifier may ask staff to describe or demonstrate these procedures
Check that records are up-to-date for:
- Staff competency and training
- Sickness, hygiene, and protective clothing
- Pest management
- Problems with food safety or suitability
- Contaminated food (e.g. cleaning, pest control, or water treatment products).
- Cooking Poultry
- Proving that poultry has reached 75°C, you can record this for:
- Each time an item is cooked
- One item each batch
- Chilled cooked food
- Temperature of food received or transported
- Recall for food
- Record the details of any food identified and disposed of e.g. Notes (Examples) page.
- Your verifier may ask to see your records
ECE Food Safety Guidance
Source: MPI
ECE Cleaning Guidelines
Source: MidCentral Public Health Service
More about Cleaning & Sterilising at Plunket Whānau Āwhina
Background to the Ministry of Health – MOH Guidance relating to Choking Hazards in ECE
This video briefly explains what happened to a young child as a result of choking on his food
Food Safe offers food safety training for ECE Centres, online across New Zealand and at sites in Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch.
Guidance to Reduce Food- Related Choking
Nutrition Guidelines for 0 to 2 Year-Olds
Nutrition Guidelines for 2 Years +
Heart Foundation: Healthy Hearts – Core Ingredients List
Heart Foundation: Healthy Hearts – ELS Winter Menu Sample
Heart Foundation: Healthy Hearts – ELS Summer Menu Sample
Special Dietary Requirements for Children
Please note: These resources and videos are intended to help expand your knowledge of topics related to food and health. It is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice. The techniques and information contained here are science-based and from peer-reviewed sources eg. Doctors or Nurses however they are generic and may not be the best treatment for all children. Please consult your licensed health professional to determine what techniques will best treat each person in your care.
Understanding Food Allergies
This video helps you understand what is a Food Allergy
Source: Mayo Clinic
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Food Allergy Awareness & Guide
Source: MPI
The Gluten-Free Diet
This video helps you understand what is a Gluten-Free Diet, where gluten comes from and how to minimise its risks
Source: Boston Children’s Hospital
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Celiac Disease School Management Plan
Source: Boston Children’s Hospital
Understanding what is Diabetes?
This video helps you understand what is diabetes and how it affects some children
Source: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Food Safe offers Food Safety and HACCP Training Online across the Globe and at ECE Centres across New Zealand.
Basic Food Guide for People with Diabetes
Source: Health Info
Understand what is Carbohydrate Counting for a Diabetic Diet?
This video helps you understand what is Carbohydrate Counting and how this is done by someone on a Diabetic Diet?
Source: Roswell Park Hospital
Food Safe offers Food Safety and HACCP Training Online across the Globe and at ECE Centres across New Zealand.
Managing Diabetes in School
This video helps you understand how to manage Diabetes in School
Source: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Food Safe offers Food Safety Training Online across the Globe and at ECE Centres across New Zealand.
Managing Diabetes in Children with Nutrition and Exercise
This video helps you understand how to manage diabetes in children with Nutrition and Exercise
Source: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Food Safe offers Food Safety and HACCP Training Online across the Globe and at ECE Centres across New Zealand.
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