Documents/Forms

CACFP  |   Choking Prevention  |   Connecticut Department of Public Health
Education and Training  |   Food Recalls  |   Food Safety Temperatures
Food Storage  |   HACCP  |   Handwashing  |   Schools   
Summer Meals  |   Thermometers

CACFP

• Fight Bac! Goes to Child Care (Partnership for Food Safety Education)
• Family Child Care Food Safety Kit (ICN)
• Food Safety Resources (ICN)
• Food Safety in Child Care (ICN)
• Health Inspections for the CACFP (USDA Memo CACFP 05-2015 and SFSP 07-2015: Health and Safety Inspection Requirements)
• Share Tables
  • CSDE Operational Memorandum No. 8A-16, 10C-16 and 10H-16: Share Tables in the CACFP
  • USDA Memo SP 41-2016, CACFP 13-2016 and SFSP 15-2016: The Use of Share Tables in Child Nutrition Programs
• Study of Food Safety Needs of Adult Day Care Centers in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (USDA)
• More resources: See "Food Safety Resources for Child Care" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs

Choking Prevention

• Chapter 9: Choking Prevention (from USDA's guide, Feeding Infants in the CACFP)
• Choking Hazards (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Choking Prevention in Appendix F (page 327) of Grow It, Try It, Like It! (USDA Team Nutrition)
• Grab and Go Lesson: Choking Prevention (ICN)
• Reducing the Risk of Choking in Young Children at Mealtimes (USDA)

Connecticut Department of Public Health

• Connecticut Food Protection Program (DPH)
• Education and Training (DPH)
• Food Inspection Quality Assurance Program (DPH)

Education and Training

• Employee Health and Personal Hygiene for Child Nutrition Professionals (ICN)
• Fight BAC Campaign (The Partnership for Food Safety Education)
• FDA Food Code (Food and Drug Administration)
• Food Safety Education (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
• Food Safety Education in Spanish (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
• Food Safety Fact Sheets: English and Spanish (ICN)
• Foodsafety.gov: Food Safety Information (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Food Safety Logs (ICN)
• Food Safety Mini-posters: English and Spanish (ICN)
• Food Safety Resources: English and Spanish (ICN)
• Food Safety Resources (USDA)
• Food Safety Videos (ICN)
• Produce Safety Resources (USDA)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Food Safety (ICN)
• Training Records for Food Service Staff
  • Food Service Employee Training Record for Sanitation and Food Safety (CSDE)
  • On-site Training Record for Sanitation and Food Safety (CSDE)
• Videos: A Flash of Food Safety (USDA)
• More resources: See "Food Safety Education" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs.

Food Recalls

• Recalls and Public Health Alerts (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
• Responding to a Food Recall (ICN)
• Responding to a Food Recall: Procedures for Recalls of USDA Foods (ICN and USDA)
• Standard Operating Procedure (SOP): Handling a Food Recall (ICN)

Food Storage

• Food Product Dating (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
• Preventing Cross Contamination During Food Storage (ICN)

Food Safety Temperatures

• Apply the Heat Chart (FDA)
• Controlling Time and Temperature During Preparation (ICN)
• Cooling Foods Safely (ICN)
• Holding Cold Foods (ICN)
• Holding Hot Foods (ICN)
• Internal Cooking Temperatures (ICN)
• Proper Cooking, Storing, and Holding Temperatures (DPH)
• Refrigerator and Freezer Temperature Control Record (CSDE)
• Thawing Foods (ICN)

Handwashing

• Handwashing Posters (ICN Child Nutrition Sharing Site)
• How to Properly Wash Your Hands (ICN)
• How to Properly Wash Your Hands: Spanish (ICN)
  • Como lavarse las manos correctamente
• Video: A Flash of Food Safety Handwashing: How to Wash Your Hands (USDA)
• Video Spanish: A Flash of Food Safety Handwashing: How to Wash Your Hands (USDA)
  • Lavado de Manos: Cómo Lavarse las Manos
• More resources: See "Handwashing" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)

• Guidance for School Food Authorities: Developing a School Food Safety Program Based on the Process Approach to HACCP Principles (USDA)
• Online Training: Introduction to HACCP for School Nutrition Programs (ICN)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Food Safety (ICN)
• More resources: See "Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs

Schools

• Final Rule (75 FR 8239): School Food Safety Program Based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Principles - Approval of Information Collection Request (USDA)
• Food-safe Schools Action Guide (USDA)
• Food Safety Basics: Training for new school nutrition managers, employees, and substitute cooks (ICN)
• Food Safety in Schools Training Program (ICN)
• Food Safety for School Nutrition Programs during COVID-19 (CSDE's Operation of Child Nutrition Programs during Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks webpage)
• Going Green in the School Kitchen (DPH)
• Guidance for School Food Authorities: Developing a School Food Safety Program Based on the Process Approach to HACCP Principles (USDA)
• Sample Letter to Request Food Safety Inspection (CSDE)
• Share Tables
  • CSDE Operational Memorandum No. 06-16: Share Tables in Schools
  • USDA Memo SP 41-2016, CACFP 13-2016 and SFSP 15-2016: The Use of Share Tables in Child Nutrition Programs
• USDA Memo SP 05-2008: Food Safety Inspections in Non-Traditional School Settings
• USDA Memo SP 09-2019: State Food Safety Inspection Reporting Requirements
• USDA Memo SP 37-2013: Enhancing the School Food Safety Program FAQs
  USDA Memo SP 39-2008: Responsibility to Request Food Safety Inspections
• USDA Memo SP 45-2011: Food Safety Inspections in Service-Only Sites Participating in the School Meals Programs
• More resources: See "Food Safety Resources for Schools" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs

Summer Meals

• Food Safety for Summer Meals (ICN)
• Health Inspections for the SFSP (USDA Memo CACFP 05-2015 and SFSP 07-2015: Health and Safety Inspection Requirements)
• Share Tables
  • CSDE Operational Memo No.3-17 SFSP: Share Tables in the SFSP
  • USDA Memo SP 41-2016, CACFP 13-2016 and SFSP 15-2016: The Use of Share Tables in Child Nutrition Programs
• Summer Meals Food Safety Training Guide (ICN)
• More resources: See "Food Safety Resources for Summer Meals" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs

Thermometers

• Thermometers and Food Safety (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
• Use That Thermometer Mini Poster (ICN)
• More resources: See "Food Thermometers" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs

For more resources, review the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs.