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Food Service Requirements for Child Care Centers | CDSS CCLD Childcare Videos | YouTubeToText
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Child care providers have a critical responsibility to ensure the health and safety of children by adhering to specific Community Care Licensing regulations regarding food storage, preparation, and nutritional content of meals and snacks.
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(Teacher) You have rice, cookies, and carrots, bananas, barbecue chicken,
and teriyaki chicken, teriyaki chicken,
and veggie burger, and milk.
Enjoy.
(Series Host) Every day, most child care centers serve some form of breakfast
and lunch in addition to snacks.
That's a lot of food service.
How foods are stored and served at your center
is crucially important to the health and safety
of all children in your care.
So knowing Community Care Licensing's food-related requirements
and remaining in compliance with them
are among your most important responsibilities
as a child care provider.
(Community Care Licensing Representative 1) There are two types of requirements that licensing maintains
regarding food served to children.
(Community Care Licensing Representative 2) The first type covers food safety, with a special emphasis
on how and how long foods may be stored in child care centers.
(CCL Rep. 1) The second type covers the kinds of foods that may
or may not be provided to children in care,
and the amount of allowed foods
that centers need to have on hand.
(CCL Rep. 2) These requirements provide center operators
with clear guidelines to ensure that children
receive safe and nutritious meals and snacks,
and why licensing program analysts pay special attention
to food storage and service when they visit center-based facilities.
(Host) "What are the requirements covering food safety at my center?"
Food service areas must have a sink, refrigeration,
storage space for food, and hot and cold running water.
The hot water must be hot enough to thoroughly clean
all dishes and utensils after use.
Food storage and preparation areas must be kept clean
of dirt and debris and be free of pest contamination, mold,
and other health hazards.
All edible items must be stored separately from potentially hazardous items,
such as cleaning materials and poisons,
which means they cannot be stored on the same shelf
or in the same cabinet, closet, or pantry.
Refrigerators used to store food for children must be kept clean
and in good working order.
Food items must not be served to children if they show any signs
of spoilage or contamination.
In infant child care centers, all food items provided by families,
such as milk or formula, must be labeled with the name
of the child for whom they're intended,
the contents of the container, and the date it was provided.
Although not required by regulations, it is a best practice
not to allow the sharing of food brought from home
by any children.
This can help prevent allergic reactions
and the spread of communicable diseases.
(Host) "What are the requirements covering what I may
or may not serve to children?"
(Girl) And we got a banana. We got some bananas.
(Teacher) We did.
(Host) There must be an adequate amount of food to serve
all children in care at any time.
All meal and snack items must meet guidelines maintained
by Community Care Licensing and other governing agencies covering nutrition.
These include the types and amounts of the four food groups
included in meals and snacks, and the need to serve
only healthy beverages to children, which are limited to:
clean and safe drinking water, 1% or non-fat milk,
and no more than one serving of 100% fruit juice
with no added sweetener of any kind.
You'll find a complete guide to meal and snack requirements for each age group
on the Community Care Licensing website.
(Host) "What other food service requirements are covered by licensing regulations?"
You are required to post a complete menu of all meals
and snacks to be served at your center at least 1 week in advance.
You may certainly post menus further in advance.
However, you must update menus whenever they change.
You may substitute a menu item that is not listed on the menu
if an adequate supply of the original item
wasn't delivered or available, and as long as the substitute
meets the stated nutritional standards.
(Host) Serving only safe and nutritious foods to the children in your care
is one of your most important responsibilities.
Safety requirements cover how, where, and for how long
food-related items may be stored.
For example, edible items must be stored separately
from potentially hazardous items such as cleaning products.
Nutrition requirements cover the types and proportions of food
that ensure children are eating a healthy diet while in child care.
There are specific food requirements for each age group
and specific requirements for serving healthy beverages.
Because the science of nutrition and food safety may change
based on new findings and discoveries, you should regularly review
all food-related requirements posted on the Community Care Licensing website.
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