Section 470 IAC 3-4.7-135 - Infant food preparation and storageAuthority: IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-17.2-4
Sec. 135.
(a) The parent or the center may provide formula.(b) All canned formula must be unopened, commercially prepared, and ready-to-feed strength.(c) The center shall not use outdated formula.(d) There shall be a heating unit for warming bottles and food, accessible only to staff, located in the infant room. Staff shall not heat formula or breast milk in a microwave oven.(e) Caregivers shall thoroughly stir food heated in a microwave after heating and before feeding to children.(f) A refrigerator shall be located in the infant food preparation room.(g) If a day's supply of bottles is prepared at one (1) time, each bottle shall be covered and labeled with the child's name, date, and time poured.(h) Staff shall refrigerate prepared bottles and use them within twenty-four (24) hours.(i) Staff shall cover and refrigerate portions of formula that remain in open original containers that are labeled with date and time opened and shall discard this formula after forty-eight (48) hours if unused. (j) Staff shall discard any formula remaining in a bottle after a feeding. (k) Parents may supply filled bottles as follows: (1) The bottles shall be sterilized.(2) The nipple must be covered.(3) The bottle shall be labeled with the child's name and date prepared.(4) The bottles must be brought to the child care center in a clean, insulated container that keeps the formula at forty-one (41) degrees Fahrenheit or below.(5) Staff shall return all unused bottles daily.(6) The parent shall provide one (1) unopened can of ready to feed formula.Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-4.7-135; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 156; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFAReadopted filed 11/13/2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA