N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:55-6.11 - Food and nutrition for children
(a) The facility
shall ensure that each child is provided with three nutritious meals daily,
either in the facility itself or in the community.
1. The facility shall make daily snacks
available for children who desire them, unless there is a medical reason not to
provide them.
2. The facility shall
select, store, prepare and serve food in a sanitary and palatable
manner.
3. The facility shall
prepare and date menus and keep the menus on file at the facility for a minimum
of 90 calendar days.
4. The
facility shall provide place settings and eating utensils for
children.
5. The facility shall
serve meals in a manner that makes mealtime a pleasant social
experience.
6. The facility shall
not force-feed or otherwise coerce a child to eat, except by order of a
physician.
(b) The
facility shall ensure that the daily diet for each child includes a balance of
foods from the United States Department of Agriculture's basic food groups.
1. The facility shall ensure that each meal
contains a sufficient amount of food for each child .
2. The facility shall make available, as
necessary, an alternate choice of food for each meal served for children on
special diets, with documented food allergies, or who, because of religious
beliefs, cannot eat particular foods.
3. The facility shall follow individualized
diets and feeding schedules that are submitted to the facility by the child 's
physician or registered dietician.
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