Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-3-407 - General Food Service and Food Handling Standards
A. A certificate holder shall ensure that:
1. Except as provided in subsection (B), each
staff member washes the staff member's hands with soap and running water before
handling food, after handling potentially hazardous food, and before serving
food;
2. Except as provided in
subsection (B), enrolled children, except infants and children with special
needs who cannot wash their own hands, wash their hands with soap and running
water before and after handling or eating food;
3. A staff member:
a. Washes with a washcloth, paper towel,
disposable wipe, or soap and running water the hands of an enrolled infant or
child with special needs who cannot wash the child's own hands before and after
the enrolled infant or child with special needs handles or eats food; and
b. If using a washcloth, paper
towel, or disposable wipes, uses each washcloth, paper towel, or disposable
wipe only once before it is laundered or discarded;
4. A staff member:
a. Encourages, but never forces, an enrolled
child to eat;
b. Assists each
enrolled child who needs assistance with eating; and
c. Teaches self-feeding skills and habits of
good nutrition to each enrolled child as necessary;
5. Food served to an enrolled child younger
than five years of age is prepared so as not to present a choking
hazard;
6. Each enrolled child is
supplied with drinking and eating utensils for the child's own use;
7. Each enrolled child's bottle or sippy cup
is marked with an identifier that is specific to the enrolled child;
8. An enrolled child is not allowed to drink
from the bottle, sippy cup, cup, or glass of another individual;
9. An enrolled child is not allowed to eat
food directly off the floor, carpet, or ground;
10. An enrolled child's parent is notified
when the child consistently refuses to eat or exhibits unusual eating
behavior;
11. Each staff member is
informed of a modified diet prescribed for an enrolled child by the child's
parent, physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse practitioner, as
specified in
R9-3-303(B)(8),
and is written and posted in the kitchen;
12. The food served to an enrolled child is
consistent with a modified diet prescribed for the child by the child's parent,
physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse, as specified in
R9-3-303(B)(8),
and is written and posted in the kitchen;
13. After each use, non-single-use utensils
and equipment used in preparing, eating, or drinking food are:
a. Washed in an automatic dishwasher and air
dried or heat dried; or
b. Washed
in hot soapy water, rinsed in clean water, and air dried or heat
dried;
14. Single-use
utensils and equipment are disposed of after being used;
15. Perishable foods are covered and stored
in a refrigerator;
16. A
refrigerator at the child care group home maintains a temperature of 41° F
or below, as shown by a thermometer kept in the refrigerator at all
times;
17. A freezer at the child
care group home maintains a temperature of 0° F or below, as shown by a
thermometer kept in the freezer at all times;
18. Foods are prepared as close as possible
to serving time and, if prepared in advance, are either:
a. Cold held at a temperature of 45° F or
below or hot held at a temperature of 130° F or above until served,
or
b. Cold held at a temperature of
45° F or below and then reheated to a temperature of at least 165° F
before being served;
19.
When fresh milk is poured from the original-commercial milk container into a
serving container used at a meal or a cup, the unused milk is not returned to
the original-commercial milk container;
20. Food leftover from a meal where enrolled
children pass a serving container from individual to individual or from the
provider's family meal is not served to an enrolled child; and
21. A food is not served past its expiration
date or after it has begun to spoil.
B. If soap and running water are not
available at the location where food is served, such as on a field trip, a
staff member may use disposable wipes or hand sanitizer as a substitute for
washing hands with soap and running water.
Notes
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