Food Prep Health & Safety Guidelines for Feeding Children

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Hi, this is Patti Billings. I am a certified pediatric nurse practitioner on behalf of expertvillage.com. This clip we will talk a little bit about food preparation and safety and childcare and I think this applies both to home and out of the home childcare facilities. The important thing to know is #1. Does the staff wash their hands before they prepare food? #2. Are the surfaces clean, are they smooth surfaces that can be cleaned easily and not get food that catches in crevices and so forth? The food storage area should be clean and appropriate. You know foods that need to be refrigerated should be refrigerated at the top proper temperature. Foods that are warm should not be left out for more than about 30 minutes because they start to grow bacteria and can cause illness as well. So, it’s important that foods are kept at the appropriate temperature as well. The eating utensils and dishes and cups should be able to be cleaned and dish washed at a high temperature, so you are not passing germs from one child to the other or else use disposable eating utensils. The food preparation should be separate from bathroom and diapering areas; they should not be used. The same place should not be used for both of those things. In an in-home situation, the area that they eat and that you prepare food may not be different from the area that is child proofed and the child spend most of their time and play but it should still be separate from the bathroom and diapering area.

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