{"id":1480,"date":"2025-02-19T17:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T17:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/knowledge\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:10:53","slug":"eyfs-2025-safer-eating-in-early-years-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/knowledge\/eyfs-2025-safer-eating-in-early-years-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"EYFS 2025 - Safer Eating in Early Years settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>UPDATE - JULY 2025 - EYFS Released<\/h2>\n<p>Following a government consultation, the latest Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS 2025) was released on 14<sup>th<\/sup> July 2025. The EYFS is a statutory framework that sets standards of care, learning and development for early years (0-5 years) settings in the UK. These include pre-schools, private nurseries and childminders. Settings have until 1<sup>st<\/sup> September 2025 to implement the changes, which have been made in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Whistleblowing<\/li>\n<li>Child absence monitoring<\/li>\n<li>References for recruitment<\/li>\n<li>Staff safeguarding training<\/li>\n<li>Paediatric First Aid<\/li>\n<li>Safer eating<\/li>\n<li>Toileting and intimate hygiene<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>EYFS (2025) Safer Eating<\/h2>\n<p>The new Safer Eating regulations, 3.63 \u2013 3.70, sit within the Food and Drink section. They appear on pages 27-28 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/670f8c0f366f494ab2e7b93d\/EYFS_statutory__framework_for_childminders.pdf\">EYFS Statutory Framework for Childminders<\/a>\u00a0 and on pages 36-37 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/687105a381dd8f70f5de3ea9\/EYFS_framework_for_group_and_school_based_providers_.pdf\">EYFS Statutory Framework for Group and School based providers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The measures included in this section are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At any time when children are eating, a paediatric first aid (PFA) trained member of staff must be present.<\/li>\n<li>Before the child enters the setting, information must be gathered about special dietary requirements, preferences, food allergies and intolerances and other health requirements. All staff must have access to this information, and each child should have a nominated staff member responsible for checking any food and drink offered is safe for them to eat.<\/li>\n<li>Parents \/ carers, and healthcare professionals in some circumstances, should be consulted in order to create allergy action plans for children with allergies. As allergies and intolerances can develop at any time, (especially during the introduction of solid food) action plans must be reviewed, updated and shared regularly. All staff must recognise symptoms of and know the treatments for, allergies and anaphylaxis. The Safer Food Group's L<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/allergy-awareness-level-2-early-years.php\">evel 2 Allergy Awareness for Early Years<\/a> includes modules on these topics<\/li>\n<li>Introducing solid foods must be undertaken in consultation with parents \/ carers. Take into account the developmental stage of the individual child in order to make progress\u00a0 at the right pace, rather than simply using assumptions based on age.<\/li>\n<li>Food must be prepared suitably in order to prevent choking. Guidance on food preparation safety is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/help-for-early-years-providers.education.gov.uk\/health-and-wellbeing\/food-safety\">https:\/\/help-for-early-years-providers.education.gov.uk\/health-and-wellbeing\/food-safety.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Highchairs, or appropriately sized low chairs\u00a0 should be used for seating children and babies safely while eating. Where possible, create an environment with minimal distractions to aid safer eating.<\/li>\n<li>Children must be closely observed and listened to while eating and drinking. Supervising staff should face the children during mealtimes; this allows them to react quickly in the case of choking or allergic reactions. It also enables them to watch for children swapping their food - especially dangerous for children with allergies and intolerances.<\/li>\n<li>Any choking incidents must be recorded and the parents \/ carers must be made aware. Review records of any near miss incidents or accidents often to identify any patterns or common issues that need to be addressed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the report on the initial consultation that drove these measures, see p.27 of <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/6705184530536cb927482dd6\/Early_years_foundation_stage_safeguarding_reforms_-_response.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Years Foundation Stage safeguarding reforms - consultation response<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Food allergies in early years settings<\/h2>\n<p>Food allergy policy is a key element that is included in the EYFS 2025 update. The published government response emphasis the requirement for ongoing communication between settings, parents, carers and in some cases, healthcare professionals, regarding allergies and intolerances. Allergy action plans should be developed, reviewed regularly and shared with all staff. The response also highlights that children can develop allergies at any time, with the introduction of solid foods being a potential trigger. At each mealtime and snack time, a specific person must be responsible for checking that food is safe for the child consuming it.<\/p>\n<h2>Food hygiene policy in early years settings<\/h2>\n<p>The EYFS 2025 is not expected to contain any updated regulations for food hygiene policy. Settings should continue to ensure that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>all food is prepared and served according to the setting's Food Safety Management System (e.g. HACCP or SFBB)<\/li>\n<li>all staff involved with food preparation and serving are appropriately trained and supervised<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about your legal obligations when serving food, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/knowledge\/do-early-years-settings-need-to-register-as-a-food-business\/\">https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/knowledge\/do-early-years-settings-need-to-register-as-a-food-business\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What do I need to do?<\/h2>\n<p>As an early years educator, practitioner, manager, setting owner or childminder, make yourself familiar with the 2025 reforms now, in readiness for any changes you need to make. Changes needed in your setting may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check staff rotas to ensure adequate child: carer ratios at mealtimes and availability of paediatric first aid trained staff<\/li>\n<li>Review weaning and safe food preparation guidelines and ensure your menus take these into account<\/li>\n<li>Understand how to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsaci.org\/resources\/resources\/paediatric-action-plans\/\">allergy action plans<\/a> and ensure that your team understands how to use them<\/li>\n<li>Update staff training, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/food-hygiene-level-2-early-years.php\">Food Safety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/allergy-awareness-level-2-early-years.php\">Allergy Awareness<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/health-and-safety-level-2-early-years.php\">Health and Safety<\/a> courses specifically designed for Early Years<\/li>\n<li>Reconfigure your dining area. Make it easy to observe the children eating and remove any distractions. Check furniture is suitable and secure for eating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>When will EYFS be updated?<\/h2>\n<p>In preparation for EYFS 2025, the government published updated guidelines for Early Years nutrition. As part of EYFS 2025, providers are required to follow this nutrition guidance unless there is good reason not to. These guidelines are already available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/early-years-foundation-stage-nutrition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Years Foundation Stage nutrition - GOV.UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2\">The full and final versions of EYFS (2025)<\/a> were released on 14<sup>th<\/sup> July 2025 and must be implemented within settings in time for 1<sup>st<\/sup> September 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>Our partnership with The Early Years Alliance<\/h2>\n<p>The Safer Food Group works in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/central.eyalliance.org.uk\/ilp\/pages\/catalogsearch.jsf?catalogId=1700&amp;menuId=1106&amp;locale=en-GB&amp;showbundlekeys=false&amp;sidebarExpanded=true&amp;q=*:*&amp;rows=20&amp;utm_source=SFG&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=Allergies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Years Alliance<\/a> to create unique health and safety training that gets to the heart of day to day challenges faced by early years settings. These include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/food-hygiene-level-2-early-years.php\">Level 2 Food Hygiene (Early Years)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/allergy-awareness-level-2-early-years.php\">Level 2 Allergy Awareness (Early Years)<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesaferfoodgroup.com\/health-and-safety-level-2-early-years.php\"> Level 2 Health and Safety (Early Years)<\/a>.\u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EYA members can access SFG\u2019s Food Hygiene and Allergy Awareness for Early Years via EYA Central, with Health and Safety for Early Years coming soon. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/central.eyalliance.org.uk\/ilp\/pages\/catalogsearch.jsf?catalogId=1700&amp;menuId=1106&amp;locale=en-GB&amp;showbundlekeys=false&amp;sidebarExpanded=true&amp;q=*:*&amp;rows=20&amp;utm_source=SFG&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=Allergies\">EYA Central<\/a> to view the full range of courses for Early Years teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE - JULY 2025 - EYFS Released Following a government consultation, the latest Early Years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,208],"tags":[212,232],"class_list":["post-1480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sectors","tag-early-years","tag-schools-and-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Safer Eating in Early Years settings - The Safer Food Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UPDATED JULY 2025 EYFS Safeguarding reforms are due for implementation in Sept 2025. 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