SINGAPORE - Care centre operators and their food service providers will get more help to prepare safe and nutritious food with appropriate portion sizes for infants and children up to 12 years old with the launch of a new standard on Wednesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Care centre operators and their food service providers will get more help to prepare safe and nutritious food with appropriate portion sizes for infants and children up to 12 years old with the launch of a new standard on Wednesday.
At the launch event at preschool My First Skool at 6 New Punggol Road, Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health Masagos Zulkifli said the new standard comes amid findings from a study on birth cohorts in Singapore that good eating behaviour can mitigate a child’s risk of obesity, even for children with risk factors like having a father or mother who is overweight.
Mr Masagos said that it is therefore important to develop good healthy eating habits and provide children with nutritious meals from a young age. He highlighted efforts such as the use of healthier ingredients like lower-sodium sauces, healthier oils, and brown rice to prepare meals for the students in some preschools and schools.“The standard provides recommendations across a wide range of areas, from recommended portion sizes and nutritional balance in meals, to food safety and hygiene.
In a joint press release, NHG, Singapore Manufacturing Federation and Enterprise Singapore said that the key features of the SS 692 are recommendations for the conduct of food safety and hygiene audits; developing a menu plan covering food selection, preparation, the number of servings and age-appropriate serving portions; ensuring food consistencies for infants; and steps to wean infants to solid food.
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