Guidance for Child Nutrition Programs

Food Recalls  |   Food Storage  |   Program-specific Resouces

Food Recalls

• Food recalls (DPH)
• Recalls and Outbreaks (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
• Recalls & Public Health Alerts (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
• Responding to a Food Recall (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• Responding to a Food Recall: Procedures for Recalls of USDA Foods (Institute of Child Nutrition and USDA)
• Standard Operating Procedure (SOP): Handling a Food Recall (Institute of Child Nutrition)

Food Storage

• Food Product Dating (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
• Preventing Cross Contamination During Food Storage (Institute of Child Nutrition)

Program-specific Resouces

CACFP  |   School Nutrition Programs  |   Summer Meals

CACFP

• CACFP Food Safety Toolkit (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• Child Care Training (Partnership for Food Safety Education)
• Family Child Care Food Safety Kit (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• Food Safety Basics for Adult Day Stay Programs (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• Food Safety Resources (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• Food Safety in Child Care (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• 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
• Spanish Child Care Child Food Safety Kit (Institute of Child Nutrition): Family day care homes
• Study of Food Safety Needs of Adult Day Care Centers in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (USDA)
• More resources: "Food Safety Resources for Child Care" in CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs

School Nutrition Programs

• 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 Safety Basics: Training for new school nutrition managers, employees, and substitute cooks (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• Food Safety in Schools Training Program (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• 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: "Food Safety Resources for Schools" in CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs

Summer Meals

• Food Safety in Summer Meals (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• 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
• S.T.A.R. Strategies for Implementing Safe Summer Meals (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• Summer Meals Food Safety Training Guide (Institute of Child Nutrition)
• More resources: "Food Safety Resources for Summer Meals" in CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs