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Resource | Worksheets Reducing the Risk of Choking in Young Children at Mealtimes

Developed as a collaboration between Team Nutrition, WIC, SNAP-Ed and the Office of Food Safety, this colorful four-page resource provides tips on how parents, caregivers, and others can prepare foods to reduce the risk of choking in young children.

09/22/2020
Basic page USDA Foods Recall Resources

This page provides resources for food safety recalls and complaints about USDA Foods as well as product recall information for state distributing agencies participating in USDA’s food distribution programs.

05/22/2020
Resource | Policy Memos Food Safety Inspections in Service-Only Sites Participating in the School Meals Programs

This memorandum satisfies GAO’s recommendations for the Food and Nutrition Service to issue more specific guidance to states and school districts regarding the applicability of the food safety inspections requirement in schools that do not prepare food, such as those that only serve pre-packaged meals or meals delivered from a central preparation location (referred to in this memorandum as service-only sites). 

08/03/2011
Resource | Research Plans Analyses of Electronic Foodborne Outbreak Reporting System (eFORS)

The purpose of the descriptive retrospective study discussed in this article was to analyze data collected within the Electronic Foodborne Outbreak Reporting System (eFORS) in school settings in order to examine the magnitude of foodborne disease etiologies and to recommend strategies for prevention.

03/01/2010
Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: School Food Safety Program Based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Principles - Approval of Information Collection Request

The final rule entitled School Food Safety Program Based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Principles (HACCP) was published on Dec. 15, 2009, which implemented a legislative provision requiring school food authorities participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) or the School Breakfast Program (SBP) to develop a school food safety program for the preparation and service of school meals served to children.

02/24/2010
Resource | Interim Final Rule Interim Rule: School Food Safety Inspections - Confirmation of Effective Date

This document announces the effective date of the information collection provisions contained in the originally-published rule.

11/05/2005
Resource | Policy Memos Food Safety Questions and Answers

This page contains questions and answers on the food safety provisions of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004.

07/12/2005
Resource | Interim Final Rule Interim Rule: School Food Safety Inspections

This interim rule reflects amendments made by section 111 of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 which require schools participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program  to increase the number of food safety inspections from the one inspection currently required to two inspections per year; to post the most recent inspection report in a visible location; and to release a copy of the report to members of the public upon request.

06/15/2005
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