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School Food Service

As a Child Nutrition Professional, you know how important it is to serve your students safe, healthful, delicious meals. Use the resources here to keep you and your staff up to date with your food safety knowledge.

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Schools Fight Bac PosterSchools Fight Bac!  (PDF|873 KB)
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Includes a Fight Bac! poster specifically designed for schools, as well as food safety games and activities. Also available in Spanish.
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Serving it Safe, 2nd Edition
National Food Service Management Institute.
Manual describes why food safety is important and gives guidance on how food service personnel can assure the preparation and service of safe foods. Provides information based on the 2001 Food Code. The Instructor's Guide is also available.
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Food Safe Schools
National Coalition for Food Safe Schools.
Work group of representatives from a variety of renowned national organizations, associations, and state and government agencies that have interest or active involvement in reducing foodborne illness in the U.S. by improving food safety in schools. Also available from this site is the Food Safe Schools Action Guide.
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Summer Meals Fight Bac PosterSummer Meals Fight Bac!  (PDF|198 KB)
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Includes a Fight Bac! poster specifically designed for summer feeding programs, in both English and Spanish.
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Food Safety
School Nutrition Association.
Sections include prevention, public education, research, and training & certifications.
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Responding to a Food Recall
National Food Service Management Institute.
Designed for food service directors and managers to reference when a food recall notice is issued for either a USDA commodity food or a food purchased from a manufacturer.
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USDA: Questions and Answers on Irradiated Ground Beef
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Questions and answers about the use of irradiated foods by the National School Lunch Program.
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Developing School Food Safety Policies- A Guidebook for Cooperative Extension Educators
University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension.
This guidebook is designed to assist schools through the process of developing and implementing food safety policies in an effort to reduce the risk of foodborne illness.
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Food Safety for Summer Food Service Programs
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service; National Food Service Management Institute.
Three-part lesson in PDF format for children emphasizing handwashing, temperatures and cross-contamination prevention. Food safety posters are also available.
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Good Learners Need Good Food- A Reference Guide for School Food Service
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Includes food safety advice for school food service professionals. Topics include handwashing, pest control, receiving, storage, and many others.
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School Food Service Monitoring Forms and Checklists
Iowa State University Extension.
Includes production records, refrigerator and freezer logs, illness reporting forms, and more. Use the links on the left of the site to access various forms.
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Last Modified: Jun 20, 2008  
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