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Early Childhood Education and Care

Early Childhood Education and Care settings (ECEC) provide crucial services for families and significant benefits for early learning, growth, social and emotional development, experiencing new foods and creating healthy eating foundations for later life.

Foodcore work in partnership with ECECs to create healthy food environments by empowering ECEC’s through capacity-building activities and direct food/nutrition support.

Positive: practices such as never pressuring children to eat foods, avoiding shame-inducing language around foods and bodies, staff role-modelling positive eating practices and enjoying nutritious foods.

Nutritious: foods provided meet the nutritional needs of children in their care (e.g. food provided is consistent with the Australian Dietary Guidelines); children are exposed to, a variety of food from all five food groups.

Safe: safe food handling legislation and practices are followed; children are provided foods which are free from harmful bacteria; food allergen risks are minimised, and staff have understand food safety and allergen management and complete relevant training.

Equitable: all children have the right to a healthy food environment and receive the varying levels of support required to achieve this.

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Food safety, including food allergy

Everyone working with food has a personal responsibility to handle food safely. Poor food safety can have serious consequences. Following good food safety practices and developing a positive food safety culture is the best way to ensure the food supplied is safe.

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Policies / Guidelines

Having specific policies around the food and drinks provided at your centre can help your staff feel supported in decision-making processes.

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