The Road to SMI Success:

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The Road to SMI Success

• A Guide for
• School Food Service Directors
• Part 4

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Daily Practices for Meeting SMI Nutrition Goals

• Implementation of specific daily practices helps
  achieve SMI nutrition goals
  on the Road to SMI Success

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Menu Planning One of the Daily Practices

• Increase the variety of entrees offered
• Limit processed meats to once a week
• Offer at least 1 fresh fruit or fresh
  vegetable daily
• Offer at least 1 whole grain daily
• Offer at least 1 serving of cooked dried beans or
  peas once a week

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Menu Planning One of the Daily Practices

• Offer healthy alternate choices.
• If no choices available, offer no more than 1
  high fat item per week
• Obtain nutrition information about any food item
  being considered for the menu
• Offer and promote unflavored skim milk or
  unflavored 1 percent low fat milk at each meal

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Other Important Daily Practices for Meeting SMI
Nutrition Goals

• Purchasing practices include
• Low-fat or skim milk and low-fat dairy products
• Information on condiments, meat/meat alternates,
  entrees, fruits and vegetables, oils and fats,
  grains and breads, and seasonings

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Other Important Daily Practices

• Food preparation practices
• Foodservice practices
• Healthy choices in a la carte items
• Food safety and sanitation

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Why Use These Daily Practices

• SFAs can use the practices to help
  their menus meet SMI nutrition targets
• SFAs can evaluate their
  current practices and
  adjust as needed.

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Daily Practices Commitment and Training

• Commitment of the foodservice staff
• Training

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Team Nutrition

• Information on Team
  Nutrition
• How Team Nutrition can assist
  schools
• How a school can enroll

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Preparing for an SMI Review

• Helps an SFA to be prepared on a daily and
  on-going basis

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Preparing for an SMI Review

• Daily documentation requirements
• What to expect from the State
  agency during the SMI review
• Preparing principals,
  administrators, and staff for SMI

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Preparing for an SMI Review

• SA will provide notification in advance
  regarding
• Which school(s) has been selected
• What week has been selected for review
• When an on-site visit will be conducted.
• What specific information will need to be
  provided

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SMI vs. CRE Review Whats the Difference?

• CRE review goals
• SMI review goals
• Timing of the SMI review

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Required Documents for the SMI Review

• v Menus for the review week

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Required Documents for the SMI Review (Cont.)

• v Standardized recipes

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Required Documents for the SMI Review (Cont.)

• v Food production records

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Required Documents for the SMI Review (Cont.)

• v Nutrition Facts Labels

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Required Documents for the SMI Review (Cont.)

• v CN labels

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Required Documents for the SMI Review (Cont.)

• v Nutrient analysis NSMP/ANSMP schools

Nov 14, 2005 thru Nov 18, 2005 Spreadsheet
Portion Values
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Summary

• Developed as a resource for SFAs and State
  agencies
• Contains
• A comparison of menu planning approaches, and
  advantages and disadvantages
• Checklists for food-based and nutrient-based
  approaches
• Suggested daily practices/Team Nutrition
• Preparing for an SMI Review

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