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Child Care Centers Fight Bac! (PDF|705 KB)
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Includes a Fight Bac! poster specifically designed for child care centers, as well as food safety games and activities. Also available in Spanish.

Keeping Kids Safe- A Guide for Safe Food Handling and Sanitation for Child Care Providers (PDF|266 KB)
USDA. FNS. Team Nutrition.
Booklet designed for child care providers as a quick and easy reference for food safety and sanitation. Each page is designed to be reproduced and can be used as a handout in training, included in a newsletter for staff or parents, or posted on the wall as a daily reminder.

Food Safety Lessons for Child Care Providers
National Food Service Management Institute.
Lesson plans developed for child care providers to train staff on providing nutritious meals for young children including cost-effective shopping, family-style meals, food intolerance and allergies, food safety, portion sizes, and more.

Building Blocks for Fun and Healthy Meals
USDA. FNS. Team Nutrition.
A reference booklet on food safety and sanitation for child care providers. Scroll down and click on Appendix J.

Child Care Tips Poster (PDF|232 KB)
National Food Service Management Institute.
Colorful poster for use in child care homes and centers, printed in English on one side and Spanish on the other. Can be downloaded and printed, or ordered from NFSMI.

Safe Food for Children: Preventing Foodborne Illness in Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes (PDF|272 KB)
Washington State University.
This booklet explains how to prevent foodborne illness in a child care facility.

Child Care Mini Posters
National Food Service Management Institute.
Find food safety mini posters on a number of food safety issues affecting child care centers. All posters can be downloaded or purchased from NFSMI and are available in both English and Spanish.

Food Safety Self-Inspection for Child-Care Facilities
University of Nebraska Cooperation Extension.
Conduct a food-safety self-inspection with the following checklist to help you provide safe food for the children in your care.

National Network for Child Care Food Safety Information
Iowa State University Extension.
Site includes links to food safety information for the child care environment.

Making Food Healthy & Safe for Children
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health.
Find out how to meet the national health and safety performance standards and guidelines for out-of-home child care programs.

Last Modified: Jul 16, 2008