Documents/Forms
CACFP |
Choking Prevention |
Connecticut Regulations
Education and Training |
Food Recalls |
Food Safety Temperatures
Food Storage |
HACCP |
Handwashing |
Qualified Food Operator (QFO)
Schools |
Summer Meals |
Thermometers
CACFP
- Fight Bac! Goes to Child Care (Partnership for Food Safety Education)
- Family Child Care Food Safety Kit (ICN)
- Food Safety Resources (ICN)
- Food Safety in Child Care (ICN)
- Health Inspections for the CACFP (USDA Memo CACFP 05-2015 and SFSP 07-2015: Health and Safety Inspection Requirements)
- Share Tables
- CSDE Operational Memorandum No. 8A-16, 10C-16 and 10H-16: Share Tables in the CACFP
- USDA Memo SP 41-2016, CACFP 13-2016 and SFSP 15-2016: The Use of Share Tables in Child Nutrition Programs
- Study of Food Safety Needs of Adult Day Care Centers in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (USDA)
- More resources: See "Food Safety Resources for Child Care" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs
Choking Prevention
- Chapter 9: Choking Prevention (from USDA's guide, Feeding Infants in the CACFP)
- Choking Hazards (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Choking Prevention in Appendix F (page 327) of Grow It, Try It, Like It! (USDA Team Nutrition)
- Reducing the Risk of Choking in Young Children at Mealtimes (USDA)
Connecticut Regulations
- Compliance Guide for Food Service Inspection Form (Connecticut Department of Public Health)
- Connecticut Food Protection Program (DPH)
- Connecticut Public Health Code (PHC) Section 19-13-B42
Education and Training
- Employee Health and Personal Hygiene for Child Nutrition Professionals (ICN)
- Fight BAC Campaign (The Partnership for Food Safety Education)
- FDA Food Code (Food and Drug Administration)
- Food Safety Education (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
- Food Safety Education in Spanish (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
- Food Safety Fact Sheets: English and Spanish (ICN)
- Foodsafety.gov: Food Safety Information (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Food Safety Logs (ICN)
- Food Safety Mini-posters: English and Spanish (ICN)
- Food Safety Resources: English and Spanish (ICN)
- Food Safety Resources (USDA)
- Food Safety Videos (ICN)
- Produce Safety Resources (USDA)
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Food Safety (ICN)
- Training Records for Food Service Staff
- Videos: A Flash of Food Safety (USDA)
- More resources: See "Food Safety Education" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs.
Food Recalls
- Recalls and Public Health Alerts (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
- Responding to a Food Recall (ICN)
- Responding to a Food Recall: Procedures for Recalls of USDA Foods (ICN and USDA)
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP): Handling a Food Recall (ICN)
Food Storage
- Food Product Dating (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
- Preventing Cross Contamination During Food Storage (ICN)
Food Safety Temperatures
- Apply the Heat Chart (FDA)
- Controlling Time and Temperature During Preparation (ICN)
- Cooling Foods Safely (ICN)
- Holding Cold Foods (ICN)
- Holding Hot Foods (ICN)
- Internal Cooking Temperatures (ICN)
- Proper Cooking, Storing, and Holding Temperatures (DPH)
- Refrigerator and Freezer Temperature Control Record (CSDE)
- Thawing Foods (ICN)
Handwashing
- Handwashing (ICN Child Nutrition Sharing Site)
- Handwashing (USDA National Agricultural Library)
- How to Properly Wash Your Hands (ICN)
- How to Properly Wash Your Hands: Spanish (ICN)
- Video: A Flash of Food Safety Handwashing: How to Wash Your Hands (USDA)
- Video Spanish: A Flash of Food Safety Handwashing: How to Wash Your Hands (USDA)
- More resources: See "Handwashing" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
- Guidance for School Food Authorities: Developing a School Food Safety Program Based on the Process Approach to HACCP Principles (USDA)
- Online Training: Introduction to HACCP for School Nutrition Programs (ICN)
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Food Safety (ICN)
- More resources: See "Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs
Qualified Food Operator (QFO)
- Alternate QFO Statement (CSDE)
- QFO Exam/Course Schedule (DPH)
- QFO Regulations (DPH)
- QFO Responsibilities for Connecticut Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
Schools
- 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-safe Schools Action Guide (USDA)
- Food Safety Basics: Training for new school nutrition managers, employees, and substitute cooks (ICN)
- Food Safety in Schools Training Program (ICN)
- Food Safety for School Nutrition Programs during COVID-19 (CSDE's Operation of Child Nutrition Programs during Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks webpage)
- 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)
- Sample Letter to Request Food Safety Inspection (CSDE)
- Share Tables
- CSDE Operational Memorandum No. 06-16: Share Tables in Schools
- USDA Memo SP 41-2016, CACFP 13-2016 and SFSP 15-2016: The Use of Share Tables in Child Nutrition Programs
- 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: See "Food Safety Resources for Schools" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs
Summer Meals
- Food Safety for Summer Meals (ICN)
- 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
- Summer Meals Food Safety Training Guide (ICN)
- More resources: See "Food Safety Resources for Summer Meals" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs
Thermometers
- Thermometers and Food Safety (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
- Use That Thermometer Mini Poster (ICN)
- More resources: See "Food Thermometers" in the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs
For more resources, review the CSDE's Resource List for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs.