Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.1931 - Food preparation and service
Rule 31.
(1) A
licensee shall ensure that all of the following requirements are met:
(a) Each child shall be provided with
nutritional and sufficient food pursuant to the minimum meal requirements of
the child care food program, as administered by the Michigan department of
education. These minimum meal requirements are based on the dietary guidelines
for Americans made by the National Academy of Medicine, which are available at
https://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/meals-and-snacks.
This subrule does not apply to children whose parents provide their
food.
(b) Children shall be offered
food at intervals as individually appropriate, but not to exceed more than 4
hours unless the child is asleep.
(c) Drinking water must be available at all
times.
(2) A licensee
shall ensure that food is prepared, served, and stored in a safe and sanitary
manner by meeting all of the following requirements:
(a) Food served to children individually or
family style must be discarded at the end of the meal if not eaten.
(b) Prepared food that has not been served to
individuals or placed in family-style containers must be properly cooled, if
applicable, then promptly covered and stored appropriately.
(c) Children under 3 years of age shall not
be served or allowed to eat foods that could easily cause choking including,
but not limited to, popcorn and uncut round foods such as grapes, seeds, nuts,
hard candy, and hot dogs.
(3) If a parent has agreed to provide the
food, then the licensee shall have a written agreement with the parent and
shall be responsible for providing adequate food if the parent does
not.
(4) Food brought by parents
must be labeled with the child's first and last name and, if perishable, be
refrigerated, and be fed only to the child for whom the item is
labeled.
(5) A licensee shall inform
parents if home canned foods are served.
(6) Unpasteurized products must not be
used.
(7) Children shall be
encouraged to taste new foods, but shall not be required to eat anything they
do not want.
(8) Bottles used for
feeding must be labeled with the child's first and last name and date,
refrigerated, and served only to the child on the label.
(9) Warming bottles and beverage containers
in a microwave oven or a slow cooker is prohibited.
(10) Bottle warmers must be placed where
children cannot access them or reach the cords for the warmers.
(11) Bottle warmers must be shut off when not
in use.
(12) The contents of a
bottle that has been used for feeding for a period that exceeds 1 hour from the
beginning of the feeding, or has been unrefrigerated for 1 hour or more must be
discarded.
(13) Children shall not
have beverage or food containers when they are in bed or when they are walking
around or playing.
(14) The propping
of bottles is prohibited.
(15)
Breastfeeding must be supported by making reasonable accommodations for a
mother who chooses to breastfeed her child at the child care
home.
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