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This video is intended to provide food safety best practices on First-In-First-Out (FIFO) practices for summer meals served by schools and other retail foodservice operations, including in non-congregate settings.
This video is intended to provide information about using a food thermometer for food safety in summer meals served by schools and other retail foodservice operations, including in non-congregate settings.
This video is intended to provide information about food safety best practices keeping food cold in summer meals served by schools and other retail foodservice operations, including in non-congregate settings.
This video is intended to provide information about cleaning and sanitizing food contact surfaces best practices for summer meals served by schools and other retail foodservice operations, including in non-congregate settings.
This video is intended to provide information about alternative meal service and delivery food safety best practices for summer meals served by schools and other retail foodservice operations, including in non-congregate settings.
This video is intended to provide health and hygiene food safety best practices for summer meals served by schools and other retail foodservice operations, including in non-congregate settings.
This video is intended to provide information about navigating food safety regulations for food safety best practices in summer meals served by schools and other retail foodservice operations, including in non-congregate settings.
This is the introduction to a video series intended to provide food safety best practices for summer meals served by schools and other retail foodservice operations, including in non-congregate settings.
USDA Foods by Program
Below you will find links to USDA Foods that are available or expected to be made available to participants in each of the food distribution programs. The lists are subject to change based on market availability. Please reference the WBSCM catalog which contains the most up to date list of available USDA Foods.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
USDA Foods in Schools (USDA-FIS)
While most USDA Foods are found on the Foods Available Lists, additional items are made available through:
- The USDA DoD Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program allows state distributing agencies and tribes to order fresh produce through a partnership with the DoD Defense Logistics Agency. This program is available in USDA Foods in Schools and FDPIR.
- The USDA Foods Processing program allows program operators to contract with commercial food processors to convert USDA Foods into more convenient, ready-to-use end products. This program is available in USDA Foods in Schools.
If you would like USDA to consider adding a new product to the FAL, please visit How to Get Your Product Considered for USDA Foods.
Learn more about the nutritious, 100% American grown USDA Foods that are designed to meet the needs of the specific population each program serves.
This video is intended to provide first in first out (FIFO) food safety best practices for summer meals served by community operations, including in non-congregate settings.