Handling and Storing Breast Milk and Other Foods in Child Care Settings
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- Course
- Date of Publication
- July 7, 2021
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Overview
Course Information
Children are considered a highly susceptible population, meaning they are at a greater risk for contracting a food-borne illness.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that every year, one-in-six Americans will get a food-borne illness.
This course will look at ways to handle breast milk, formula, and other foods to help prevent food-borne illness from occurring in a child care facility.
Other topics discussed include:
- basic symptoms of food-borne illness
- handling foods properly
- cross contamination
- personal hygiene
- and product dates information.
This course will provide one credit hour of training.
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