Daycare food dispute: Banned items to prevent choking include sausages, hard crackers, dried fruit, raw apples
20 Jan, 2021 12:35 AM
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Services that do not provide food are required to promote the guidance to all parents. Photo / 123rf
Services that do not provide food are required to promote the guidance to all parents. Photo / 123rf
A ban on sausages, hard rice crackers, dried fruit and popcorn in early childcare centres has created a stir with parents and professionals split on whether the rules have gone too far.
New food rules for early childcare centres which aim to prevent choking come into force next week and mean centres which provide food are no longer allowed to give children nuts, large seeds, hard or chewy lollies, crisps, hard rice crackers, dried fruit, sausages or saveloys, popcorn and marshmallows.