Health, Safety,
& Well-Being
& Well-Being
These must always be worn when handling food served to children
What are gloves?
"At the time all meal components are on the table/plate and child is seated at the table with a complete meal in front of them." is the definition of Point of Service and when you should be doing this!
What is filling out your meal count sheets!
This is the required serving size for vegetables at lunch for a 3-5 year old
What is 1/4 cup?
This is how we assure that all children receive the same amount of food from the 1st serving of a meal
What are measured portions?
This type of meal service encourages healthy eating relationships
Family style meal service
can provide nutritious meals to children and help children develop healthy eating habits. Family style meal service allows site staff and children to eat together, creates a relaxing eating environment, and promotes healthy eating habits and attitudes toward food. Required by our Head Start Standards.
Licensed child care staff members and employees shall wash hands, defined as using soap and water( for at least 20 seconds) or use hand sanitizer, at the following times:
5 correct answers win the points :)
Upon arrival for the day, after breaks and upon returning from outside.
After toileting or assisting a child with toileting.
After each diaper change or pull-up change.
After contact with bodily fluids or cleaning up spills or objects contaminated with bodily fluids.
After cleaning or sanitizing or using any chemical products
After handling pets, pet cages or other pet objects that have come in contact with the pet.
Before eating, serving or preparing food or bottles or feeding a child.
Before and after completing a medical procedure or administering medication.
When visibly soiled (must use soap and water).
True or False?
The teacher can count meals after the meal is completed based on teachers memory or daily attendance record
False
Meal counts are done at the time of service (point of service).
A meal is offered with the following components:
Whole grain Hot Ham and Cheese sandwich, 1/2 cup mixed fruit, Doritos & Milk.
This is a creditable lunch for CACFP. True or False
False
1/4 cup each of either 2 different vegetables or a fruit and a vegetable are required. Doritos would not qualify as either of these components.
A vegetable may be used to meet the entire fruit requirement. When two vegetables are served at lunch or supper, two different kinds of vegetables must be served.
At least one serving of grains served in the course of a day must be _______ grains.
What is Whole grains?
Each Infants under 12 months must have this form filled out each day with what was served to them and how much was consumed
What is the Infant/Toddler Daily Sheet?
*You may do this for all the children in an Infant/Toddler room, but for CACFP the only forms that need turned into the Fiscal Program Coordinator is for the Infants under 12 months.
It is acceptable to use scoops from different foods, to continue serving a meal. As long as all the foods are the same temperature. True or False
False.
Scoops should stay with their designated food group, and not shared between items to prevent cross contamination, and exposure to allergens.
This needs to happen daily and includes child's name and birth date. It shall be individualized by classroom and in alphabetical order by last name to give continuity of care and supervision to the children on a day by day basis.
What is the daily attendance or attendance sheets?
The minimum amount of creditable components offered for snack would include the following items to count as reimbursable.
What are two components of the following would count
milk, meat or meat alternative, vegetables, fruits, or grains
Pasteurized, full-strength juice may only be used to meet the vegetable or fruit requirement at one meal, including snack, per day.
A parent suspects their 1 year old may have a Peanut Allergy but will not have their well child visit until next week. Should the child receive the Peanut Butter Banana Roll Ups at snack?
No. If the parent has expressed a concern for the food, it should not be offered to the child. An alternative item must be offered, and the parent should submit a signed special diet statement as soon as possible signed by a recognized State Medical Authority . They could still receive the Roll up without Peanut Butter Spread and still be creditable as a reimbursable snack. (Depending on Serving Size)
This document should be posted in each classroom to show if there are any dietary restrictions
What is the classroom special diet chart (red folder)?
*Note Nutrition Specialist/Assistants track Special Diet items given each day in the kitchen.
These 3 things should always be done before serving meals to children:
What is clean and sanitize the tables, handwashing, & putting on gloves if going to touch food directly
When beginning transitioning students in a new classroom, meal counts should be completed in their:
A) Old Classroom
B) New Classroom
C) Classroom they ate in
Classroom they ate in
How many grams of added sugar can cereal contain?
Cereals with no more than 6 grams of total sugar per dry ounce
During Lunch, to ensure children are eating their food first, is it ok to with hold milk, until they finish some food first?
No. All food components must be served to each child, all at the same time. Or left on the table if all components are taken by all children so they can still access their serving.
8:00 am - 8:30 am is the ONLY time that you should be counting/qualifying the children that are PRESENT AT THE MEAL on your meal counts for what meal
11:00-11:30 am...ditto
2:30-2:45pm/2:45-3:00pm/3:00-3:15pm...ditto
What is breakfast?
What is lunch?
What is snack?
You can serve food outside of those times, but the child must be served all the required meal components to count on the meal count.
According to the CACFP Menu Planning Guide, these foods are considered a choking hazard; and should be cut for young children, finely chopped for older infants/toddlers, mashed or pureed for infants and/or spread thinly.
3 correct answers win the points :)
nuts and seeds, whole grapes, raisins, chunks of meat or cheese (chicken, meatballs, chicken patties, pizza sticks, burritos, hamburgers, chicken nuggets), hard fruit chunks (apples, strawberries, pineapple), Raw vegetables, peanut butter.
What needs to be available to children upon request throughout the day?
What is water?
How much, and what kind of milk is required for the 3-5 age group?
How much is 6 ounces (3/4 cup) Unflavored Milk
newborn- under 12 mos: must be breastmilk or iron-fortified formula (may be served between 12-13mos to help with transition to whole milk)
*FUN FACT breastmilk is allowed at any age in CACFP
age 1 to 2 years old: MUST be at least 4oz (1/2 cup) unflavored whole milk
age 2 years to 12 years old: must be either unflavored low-fat (1 percent) or unflavored fat-free (skim) milk or 2% milk or whole milk
**Exception are children with a Special Diet Form
What should be posted in the parent area? (Name two)
1.) Building for the Future Flyer
2.) Justice for All Poster
3.) WIC Poster
4.) Current Menu with correction
5.) Current Food Service License
6.) DCY Child Care License
All of the following are whole grains except:
A. Whole-grain bread
B. Oatmeal
C. Flour tortilla
D. Brown Rice
What if Flour Tortilla?