Or. Admin. Code § 414-310-0600 - Food Service
(1) A
school-age center's food service must include the following:
(a) Children in care for more than 3 1/2
consecutive hours must be served a meal or snack every 3 1/2 hours;
(b) Children arriving after school are served
a snack; and
(c) Children scheduled
to attend prior to 7:00 a.m. or after 6:30 p.m. are offered breakfast or
dinner.
(2) A school-age
center must make sure drinking water is always available to children in each
classroom and after active play and served in a sanitary manner that prevents
contamination.
(3) A school-age
center must provide each child with individual dishes, cups, and utensils for
eating and drinking. Single service items such as paper plates, cups and
napkins, and plastic utensils may be used only once and must be discarded after
use.
(4) A school-age center must
make additional servings available if a child remains hungry.
(5) A school-age center must maintain
staff-to-child ratios during meal and snack service and while children are
eating.
(6) If a school-age center
serve family style meals, where food is brought to the table in larger
quantities and served to the plates from the table, the center must have a
written plan, approved by CCLD and available for review by the environmental
health specialist, which includes at least the following elements:
(a) Separate serving portions for each
table;
(b) Serving utensils
distinct from eating utensils;
(c)
Staff oversight to ensure sanitary practices; and
(d) Provision for serving mildly ill children
to prevent the spread of the illness.
(7) A school-age center may serve a child
food provided by the parent of the child only when:
(a) Food is brought on a daily basis and is
ready to eat, requiring no preparation;
(b) All food and beverage containers are
labeled with the child's name;
(c)
Each child's food is monitored daily by a staff member to ensure that the food
meets nutritional requirements as specified in OAR
414-310-0620, Meals and Snacks;
and
(d) The center has sufficient
food available to supplement any meal or snack that does not meet nutritional
requirements as specified in OAR
414-310-0620, Meals and
Snacks.
(8) A school-age
center must ensure that any catered foods are:
(a) Prepared in a kitchen approved by the
Oregon Health Authority or a county health department;
(b) Transported and delivered in a safe,
sanitary manner with hot food maintained at temperatures not lower than
135°F and cold foods maintained at 41°F or lower; and
(c) Received, held, and served through a
process approved by the environmental health specialist.
(9) If a school-age center does not have a
kitchen or catered meals, the center must:
(a)
Use only single service utensils;
(b) Serve either commercially-prepared,
individually-packaged, single-serving foods, or the serving of bulk food
complies with standards in Oregon's Food Handler certification;
(c) Not use or store utensils on-site that
require washing; and
(d) Store food
in a space used only for food, beverages and single-service utensils.
(10) On special occasions, such as
birthdays, a school-age center may allow parents or guardians to provide snacks
that may not satisfy the nutritional requirements for all children. The school
age center may serve the snacks:
(a) To a
child only if that child's parent has provided permission for the child to
participate in special occasions where food is served. (also see OAR
414-310-0210, Parental
Permissions); and
(b) When the
snacks consist of store purchased fruits and vegetables (uncut) or prepackaged
foods in the original manufacturer containers.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 329A.280
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 329A.280
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