Food safety with Lunchboxes............

Also not a good idea to give last night's left-overs to a child for lunch the next day.  Not only is it not able to be heated up therefore not going to taste as good, but it's also not good for a meat and veg to be left in a school bag then consumed hours later.  I've seen this happen before! I've even seen a child whose mother turned up to daycare at 4:30pm, the child pulled the container out of her bag and it was room temp, and the mother took it from to heat up for the child to eat! Eew! I stopped her and offered a tin of baked beans.  At first the mother said she does it all the time, she leaves it in her bag until she gets home (which is usually after 6 as she is not normally picked up from daycare before 6) and when they get home she has it for dinner! It's been at room temp from 8 that morning! When I explained about food poisoning, the mother put it in the bin and accepted the tin of baked beans

Great advice Cazza, too many people pay no attention to what happens in their kids school bags & luch boxes!

Teshia xxoo