Food Safety
What temperature does the refrigerator have to be?
41 degrees or below
What does ETS stand for?
Electronic Tally System
How long does it take to adjust meal orders or meal counts?
Site uses an apple slicer to cut the fruit in 8 pieces. However, they only offer the youth 4 slices of the apple. Is this claimable?
Not claimable. Minimum portion size for fruit is ¾ cup. Sites need to offer all 8 slices of fruit.
True or False – sites need to submit attendance for summer programs
False – it is only required for school year programs
What temperature does hot food need to be re-heated to?
165 degrees or above for at least 15 secs
What does POS stand for?
Point of Service
Is breakfast and AM snack delivered the day of or day before?
day before
Site’s service window is 12-1pm. The site started tallying meals at 12:30pm. Are the meals claimable?
Yes. It is within their window (even though they started late).
What size does the “and Justice for All” – anti-discrimination poster need to be?
Colored and 11 x 17
Upon receipt of food, what temperature does food need to arrive?
It can arrive up to 45 degrees or below during transit. Preferably under 41 degrees or below
What does CDE stand foor?
CA Department of Education - they oversee our agency and provide funding (they do our audits)
What is the traveling apply policy?
sites can have one youth take at least 1 non-perishable item off site (unless otherwise approved fieldtrip)
site’s signatures on tally sheets is a photocopy replica of the previous 30 days
not claimable– signatures on delivery receipts not an issue for claims, but if tally sheets are missing signatures and if the signatures are a copy of each other are a copied, it is NOT claimable
Excessive waste is anything more than X number of leftovers per day
10 leftovers per day
How should sites make a sanitation solution?
One cap bleach per gallon of water (between 50-100 ppms)
What does USDA stand for?
United State Department of Agriculture - they make the rules and ensures funding
Name 3 out of the 5 USDA food categoreis
milk, protein, grain/bread, fruit, and vegetables
A young person leaves the site with yogurt
Not claimable - Off site consumption that has not been approved via Fieldtrip meal request (exception is Traveling Apple policy)
True or False, When sites serve meals in multiple rooms, sites will need to document meal service using multiple log-ins and/or multiple tally sheets
How long should people be washing their hands?
20 seconds or more
What does it mean to be an "open" site?
Site is willing and able to serve youth not only enrolled in program but youth from the community
To meet the minimum portion requirement, how many pieces of the cheese sticks should a site serve?
Site received 60 meals. On the paperwork, the site said they served serves 55 – 1st meals and 10 2nd meals for a total of 65. Are all 65 meals claimable?
No, we cannot claim more than what was received. With no other assumptions, we can claim only 55 1st meals, and 5 2nd meals, for a total of 60 since the site only received 60.
Who is our vendor?
Chefables