Children need calcium for growth. We do encourage our children to drink more milk as it is a good source of calcium. However, we need to educate our children to differentiate good milk from the bad one, to avoid food poisoning to them.
Before drinking any drinks, children should SEE the physical appearance of the packing if it is in good condition. Do not drink the packaged milk if the packaging is tinted and damaged. After that, observe the expired date printed on the package if it is still safe to be consumed. Children may shake the milk to feel if there is "something" in the package.
Children can also SMELL the milk if it smell differently. If it had bad smell such as sting or sour, very apparently the milk had damaged. It could be contaminated either with a lot of bacteria (Biological contamination) or chemical (Chemical contamination). We must throw this damaged milk, avoid drinking it.
To confirm the milk is in fresh, suck / drink to the mouth and TASTE before swallow it. Taste the milk if it taste exactly like milk and not stale or sour. When the milk taste differently, it could be started to damaged.
IF children has food poisoning sign such as stomach ache, diarrhea, vomit, faint, nausea, we must inform teacher and the children's parent so that they can arrange to adjacent clinic or hospital for treatment.
Children's immune system is weaker than adults. So, we have to be more concern in milk quality self-check from the children, so that they can obtain essential nutrient safely.
Credit: Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry of Health
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