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Food safety in pre-schools: Some centres stick with in-house cooks
They say this allows them to better monitor hygiene, but some cite manpower challenges
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Madam Lim Chow Tee, 61, is in charge of the kitchen at MapleBear's Toa Payoh North centre, and prepares meals for the pre-school. Each of MapleBear's 37 centres has a kitchen with one or two cooks.
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While some pre-schools are opting to provide catered meals to children, several - including NTUC First Campus and EtonHouse - are sticking with in-house cooks so that they can monitor hygiene standards and food variety.
There have been three food poisoning outbreaks in two months in pre-schools that serve catered meals to children, raising concerns about the risks of relying on external caterers, such as food being contaminated during delivery.
