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1Bremer Institut für Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin (BIPS), Universität Bremen, Bremen, BRD. bosche@bips.uni-bremen.de
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Child care facilities in Germany must comply with new EU food hygiene laws. A new manual provides practical guidance and documentation tools to ensure food safety for over 2 million young children.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Food Safety
- Pediatric Nutrition
Background:
- Over 2 million German children under six attend childcare, where meals are provided.
- Food-borne viruses pose significant risks to infants in childcare settings.
- New European Union (EU) Law on Food Hygiene classifies childcare facilities as food processing businesses.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce a comprehensive hygiene manual for childcare facilities.
- To ensure compliance with the EU Law on Food Hygiene.
- To support childcare facilities in managing food safety risks.
Main Methods:
- Development of a practical hygiene manual.
- Field testing of the manual in over 70 childcare facilities.
- Inclusion of easy-to-handle instructions and documentation forms.
Main Results:
- The manual assists childcare facilities in implementing legal provisions for food safety.
- Field testing confirmed the manual's practicality and effectiveness in organizational processes.
- The manual supports risk control throughout food handling stages.
Conclusions:
- Childcare facilities have increased responsibility under new EU hygiene laws.
- The developed manual is a valuable tool for ensuring food safety and legal compliance.
- Effective implementation of the manual can mitigate health hazards associated with food in childcare.
Abstract:
In Germany more than 2 million children under the age of six attend child care institutions. Among the duties, these institutions have to provide meals to the children. Several food-borne viruses pose a particular threat to infants. In accordance with the new European Law on Food Hygiene nurseries and child care facilities are business premises as they process and dispense food. Law requires guarding all stages of food acquisition, storage, preparation and dispersal against health hazards. Furthermore, facilities are legally required to provide risk control and to ensure that food issued by their kitchen does not pose a health hazard upon consumption. Overall, child care facilities are given by far a more comprehensive responsibility under the new European Law. This article introduces a hygiene manual for child care facilities in accordance with the EU Law on Hygiene, which was field tested in more than 70 child care facilities during the course of the extensive organisational process. The manual supplies easy-tohandle instructions and form sheets for documentation and hence assists in realising legal provisions.
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