Additional Resources

• This playlist created by Food Standards Agency includes 11 videos to demonstrate appropriate handwashing, cleaning, food storage, pest control, cross-contamination and reheating/chilling. The following 1-minute video is the first introduction video to food safety:
• Safe Food Australia's Guide to the Food Safety Standards can be accessed here.
• Healthdirect's guide to the safe storage of food can be accessed here.
• Food safety tips for childcare centres, developed by the NSW Food Authority can be accessed here.
• ACECQA's guidelines regarding policy development for nutrition, food and beverages and dietary requirements can be accessed here. 
• National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) guidelines on exclusion periods can be accessed here.
• NSW Food Authority's guidelines for special care foods can be accessed here.
• StartingBlocks' resource on teaching children hygiene at home can be accessed here.
• Here you can access the Australian Institute of Food Safety’s (AIFS) Employee Illness/Injury Decision Chart to help determine if it’s safe for you to work with food, and what steps you need to take when experiencing illness symptoms.
• Here you can access eXtension Alliance for Better Child Care's Guidelines for Child Care Providers to Prepare and Feed Bottles to Infants.

Sample policy documents:

• Nutrition and food safety policy
• Handwashing policy
• Bootle safety and preparation policy

A series of policy documents can be accessed on Little.ly's Early Learning Centre's website, after logging to the Educators' Hub.