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
- 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)
- Health inspections: Section 7 CFR 210.13(b) f the NSLP regulations requires that each school participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) or School Breakfast Program (SBP) must: 1) obtain at least two food safety inspections each school year, conducted by a state or local governmental agency responsible for food safety inspections; 2) post the most recent food safety inspection report in a publicly visible location; and 3) provide a copy of the food safety inspection report to the public upon request.
- Share Tables
- 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