Healthy School Environment

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Healthy School Environment

• Food Safety
• Milk Requirements
• Promotion of Dietary Guidelines
• Local Wellness Policy

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Food Safety
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Food Safety

• Prior to Reauthorization, schools required to
  have at least one food safety inspection per year
  
• Inspection conducted by State or local agency
  responsible for such inspections

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Food Safety (cont.)

• Effective July 1, 2005, schools must have at
  least 2 inspections per year
• School must post most recent report and make
  available upon request

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Food Safety (cont.)

• State to annually audit food safety inspections
  of schools and
• report results to USDA
• FY 2006 through FY 2009
• USDA required to annually audit State reports

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Food Safety (cont.)

• Also requires that each SFA implement a school
  food safety program
• Must comply with HACCP system established by
  USDA
• Effective July 1, 2005

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HACCPHazard Analysis Critical Control Points

• The HACCP goal is to prevent food safety problems
  from happening by identifying and controlling any
  possible Biological, Chemical, and/or Physical
  Hazards.

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HACCP Principles

1. Analyze Hazards
2. Identify Critical Control Points
3. Establish Critical Limits
4. Establish Monitoring Procedures
5. Establish Corrective Action
6. Establish Verification Procedures
7. Establish RecordKeeping Procedures

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HACCP

• HACCP is a food safety program that focuses on
  FOOD and its flow throughout the school food
  service operation.
• School food safety inspections usually focus on
  personal hygiene and sanitation.
• Sanitation and hygiene now become a vital part of
  an effective food safety plan or Standard
  Operating Procedures-SOP.

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Food Safety References

• School Food Safety Inspection Requirements, July
  1, 2002 www.ode.state.or.us/services/nutrition/nsl
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• Safe Food HACCP Resource Materials, Iowa State
  School HACCP Project www.iowahaccp.iastate.edu
• Serving It Safe, USDA Manual
• www.usda.gov

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Do Not Panic

• When we get the scoop from USDA, well let you
  know and schedule state wide HACCP trainings.
• If you have any questions, please call your
  Child Nutrition Program Specialist.

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Milk Requirements
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Types of Milk Offered

• Requires schools to offer fluid milk in a variety
  of fat contents.
• Drops prior year preference for schools.
• Effective July 1, 2005.
• Memo issued.

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Milk Disability Requirements

• Specifies in law the current policy on
  accommodating children with disabilities, i.e.,
• Schools must provide a fluid milk substitute for
  students whose disability restricts their diet
• Schools must receive a written statement from a
  licensed physician that
• Identifies the disability and
• Specifies the substitute

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Milk Substitutions for Non-Medical Reasons

• School may substitute non-dairy beverages
  nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk for
  medical or other special dietary need.
• Request may be made by medical authority or
  parent or guardian
• School may limit the available substitutions

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Milk Substitutions for Non-Medical Reasons
(cont.)

• Nutritionally equivalent determined by
  Secretary.
• Nutritionally equivalent must include
  fortification of
• Calcium
• Protein
• Vitamins A D

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Milk Substitutions for Non-Medical Reasons
(cont.)

• Substitutions for non-disabled children remain
  optional
• School must notify the State agency if
  implementing this procedure

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Sale of Milk

• Prohibits restrictions on sale of fluid milk
  products on school premises or during school
  events.
• Effective July 1, 2005.

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Dietary Guidelines
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Provision of Information

• USDA to issue guidance to States and SFAs on
  increasing consumption offoods specifically
  recommendedin most recent DietaryGuidelines for
  Americans
• Effective July 1, 2004

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Local Wellness Policy
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Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of
2004

• Requires local education agencies participating
  in the Federal school meals programs to have
  school wellness policies in place by first day
  of the 2006-2007 school year

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School Wellness Policy Provisions

• Assurance that guidelines for reimbursable school
  meals shall not be less restrictive than
  regulation and guidance issued by USDA
• A plan for measuring implementation of the school
  wellness policy, including designation of at
  least one person to maintain responsibility for
  program operation

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School Wellness Policy Provisions

• Parties involved in development of school
  wellness policies
• Parents
• Students
• Representatives of the SFA
• School board
• School administrators
• Members of the public

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School Wellness Policy Provisions

• To support implementation of these policies, USDA
  required to provide technical assistance and best
  practices for State Agencies and schools
• Partners collaborating with USDA efforts
• USDA
• DHHS
• CDC
• DOEd

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Resources for States and Schools

• Wide range of tools and materials available for
  schools and States
• Fruits and Vegetables Galore
• Eat Smart. Play Hard.
• Changing the Scene
• Team Nutrition