Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)--Meal Service

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Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

Meal Service

Family Style Meal Service | Meal Service Requirements | Offer versus Serve (OVS)

Family Style Meal Service

Allowed only at closed enrolled SFSP sites, SSO sites, and camps

Family Style Meal Service: page 46 in USDA's Nutrition Guide: Summer Food Service Program
Family Style Meal Service: page 5 in USDA Memo SP 10-2017 and SFSP 06-2017: Meal Service Requirements in the Summer Meal Programs, with Questions and Answers – Revised

Meal Service Requirements

Administration Guide: Summer Food Service Program (USDA): Chapter 4: Meal Requirements
USDA Memo SP 10-2017 and SFSP 06-2017: Meal Service Requirements in the Summer Meal Programs, with Questions and Answers – Revised

Offer versus Serve (OVS)

Optional at breakfast, lunch, and supper but not allowed at snack

Offer versus Serve (OVS) in the SFSP (CSDE)
Offer versus Serve: page 44 in USDA's Nutrition Guide: Summer Food Service Program
Video: SFSP Meal Service Types (Washington Office of Superintendent Public Instruction)