Jul21Keep your child’s lunch box cool

Ensuring our children’s lunch boxes stay cool is important to prevent foods warming up and risking your child’s safety.

Simple steps such as using a cool bag can keep bacteria from multiplying. Food poisoning bacteria multiply fast but they need moisture, food, warmth and time. A warm lunch box left sitting in a classroom can provide an ideal environment.

Bacteria multiplies best between 5ºC and 63ºC; a single germ can multiply to more than four million within eight hours in the right conditions.