Guest Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 In times gone by we have traditionally had a milk fridge and a 'normal' fridge, as this was the requirement. Can anyone enlighten me as to where I might find a reference to this in the requirements? I have looked in the statutory guidance and in what I can find relating to food safety but cannot find anything. Any suggestions?
AnonyMouse_3735 Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 is this for baby milk rather than the everyday milk for the children or both? never seen a reference for need of a second fridge for either... could this be from food hygiene / environmental heath need rather than part of the statutory requirements? Inge
Guest Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 I've never seen anything written but I wonder if it might be connected to keeping milk at a specific temperature and food at another - although how does that affect us with milk in the fridge at home?? Only other thought is that when we have some kinds of food in our fridge at work they taint the milk - jelly was a prime suspect last time!
Guest Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 We have a fridge at my Nursery, I keep the milk in it and sometimes cooking stuff or the fruit (which reminds me it needs cleaning - hmm job for tomorrow morning then!) No-one has said its for anything specific so I just guessed it was ok (although to be fair no-one tells me anything in this new place!!) Anyone know if it has to be at a set temperature or anything?
Guest Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 milk does not need to be kept at a different temperature from other refridgerated foods the temp should be between 3-5 deg
AnonyMouse_15046 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Yep. The lady on my food hygiene course recommended 3 degrees because the temperature always rises for a while when you've opened the door. She was very clear that it should show below 5 degrees when the door has been shut for a while. She recommended checking first thing in the morning when you know it has been shut all night.
Guest Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 We had winter vomitting virus 2 years ago and the public health officers came in and made recomendations for milk, lunchbooxes and fruit. We used to place milk on a tray for self selection during the morning on a draining board of the child height sink where 'excess' was poured down by the children. Recommended milk placed as far away from a sink as possible. That the milk was only available for a maximium of 1 hour because the room temperature would take it above safety levels.That snack fruit once washed was kept in a plastic box with a lid on the table. That milk was kept in a seperate fridge to a general fridge.
AnonyMouse_15046 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Did they say why you needed a separate fridge for milk?
AnonyMouse_8623 Posted February 22, 2010 Posted February 22, 2010 We keep our fresh vege in the fridge where the milk is. Not heard anything about keeping them separate. We're in the process of buying a new fridge at the moment as its freezing everything.
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