Who was more in the wrong at work today

[Safarigiraffe]

Work in a daycare nursery in Kitchen however today at work me/chef did not provide a no dairy child with a no dairy meal as we didn’t notice him on dietary (our mistake there & we admitted that as well) and at the handover no mention from the room members was made & dietary sheet was signed to say all was good and well (all children have tent cards with their dietary requirements on them). They gave the no dairy child a dairy meal and the child reacted with a rash. Parents of child informed they not too happy but said they will keep a look out for him however if parents complain this could go into an investigation with not only us but room members suspended. So who is more at fault - kitchen, room or both the same.

Op, kitchen staff have a legal obligation to serve food that is safe for their customers to eat. This includes food free from physical, chemical, microbiological, and allergens (with loose foods the customer makes you aware of this, which in this case they did.)

It sounds like the whole procedure needs revision, and you and the chef need allergy retraining ASAP.

If you insist on apportioning blame then the kitchen staff are more heavily at fault than the room staff. Their only job is to serve food suitable for the named children they know they are cooking for. The room staff should have been on the ball enough to notice and the procedure should have worked properly but the room staff have countless things to be thinking about at mealtimes and it would be easier for them to slip into trusting the kitchen staff to know what they’re doing.

Thank god he only got a rash, pray he doesn't get into anaphylaptic shock! You could have killed a child and your playing tge blame game wtf. You got it wrong, you made the food - you are the primary control measure here. Your colleagues are the second line of defence and they missed your mistake.
Now put in place something that means this won't happen again. If you get suspended know you deserve it and learn.

In the kitchen, what precautions do you have in place to prevent cross contamination?

You have dairy items on your menu. You also have a child who has a dairy allergy. Presumably you have to separate certain foods, use separate utensils etc to prevent contamination? So why wouldn’t it occur to you after taking all the effort to prevent contamination, that you needed you supply a non dairy meal to someone?

I think the title of your thread should be 'allergy process at nursery - what protocols can we put in place to avoid giving child allergens?', not a thread about pointing the finger and who is 'more to blame'. I don't think you understand how serious this could have been. Lots of people have made suggestions about how kitchens they've worked in/ at their kids schools deal with kids with allergies - I would take note of all of them and proactively suggest improvements.

How do you know no room members have accepted fault? Just because they haven't said it to you doesn't mean anything. They have probably accepted blame while talking to the manager and parents