blondie Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 just been informed that i need to list allergens of things like play dough and other things (not sure what so help would be appreciated) to make parents and visitors aware. what does everyone else do? Quote
Panders Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) If assume they mean the EU law thingy which came into force in December. Whatever foods you have, i.e. your snack foods you should be able to tell parent/carers exactly what ingredients are in them. If you buy items from a supermarket, I buy from Tesco, then you can find out everything you need about products from their site. Some groups have decided not to allow any produce brought in by parent/carers such as birthday cakes etc. because they can't know what's in them. Not sure all this equates to playdough - unless you let the little ones eat it! There was a useful thread about all this at the time, - maybe one of the contributors at the time will be able to help. http://eyfs.info/forums/topic/41998-eu-food-law-changing-on-13th-dec/ Edited March 26, 2015 by Panders Quote
blondie Posted March 26, 2015 Author Posted March 26, 2015 our children all bring in their own snack so didnt think this would apply to us but have been told need to think about play dough - not sure what else -any ideas? Quote
louby loo Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 We just have a poster that says 'our snacks this week may include' we also have a section about any additional activities - it's laminated so we update it each week. It just has the main 15 (or whatever) listed and we tick relevant ones. We don't include the play-dough - but I suppose we should.... Quote
blondie Posted March 26, 2015 Author Posted March 26, 2015 We just have a poster that says 'our snacks this week may include' we also have a section about any additional activities - it's laminated so we update it each week. It just has the main 15 (or whatever) listed and we tick relevant ones. We don't include the play-dough - but I suppose we should.... do you have a copy i could look at - was thinking we had got away with this but i guess not - do you think this includes playdough, cornflour, oats, jelly etc etc etc., Quote
louby loo Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 do you have a copy i could look at - was thinking we had got away with this but i guess not - do you think this includes playdough, cornflour, oats, jelly etc etc etc., I got all the info from the link panders just put on earlier, and stuck it on a board for display. I just download a PDF with the main allergens on (line drawings) from the food standard agency, then I think I got another graphic that someone else (finleysmaid mabe??? - I've not checked back on panders link ). All very basic, but it does the job! Quote
thumperrabbit Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 Blondie, I think you are more on about messy play items? If so I certainly don't record that at the moment Mrs O seemed almost surprised when I showed her how we were recording allergens, I got the impression she didn't know what I was on about! 2 Quote
blondie Posted March 26, 2015 Author Posted March 26, 2015 Ok thank you just our chair of committee said she had been to meet where this was discussed n we needed to do this. I know some children might have a little bite of dough but never a big bite lol Quote
Mouseketeer Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 And a staff member on first aid was told no salt......so that's no flour, no salt and we can't get the tartar, so that'll be water play then 3 Quote
Inge Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 They are probably also thinking about the allergens not only being ingested.. some can have a reaction just by touching an item.. As to the playdough.. risk assess.. that should cover you over the salt etc.. if everyone did everything we are told we should none of you would be open at all.. 2 Quote
sunnyday Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 They are probably also thinking about the allergens not only being ingested.. some can have a reaction just by touching an item.. As to the playdough.. risk assess.. that should cover you over the salt etc.. if everyone did everything we are told we should none of you would be open at all.. ........I like to add a good dash of common sense when I'm making playdough 3 Quote
Guest Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 We do the same as Louby Lou - a laminated sheet printed off from the food standards agency - we then just tick any allergens that may be present in food that day. Could also tick for play dough etc Quote
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