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KIDS FIRST
What is a food-safe
school?
A food-safe school
takes the steps to minimize the risk of foodborne illness throughout
the school's environment and has procedures in place to identify
and manage outbreaks if they occur. A food-safe school will:
- Promote food safety
throughout the school's environment through policies, procedures
and programs
- Assess school
food safety practices on a regular basis
- Provide initial
and ongoing food safety training to foodservice and health services
staff, teachers, and students as appropriate
- Promote a school-wide
approach to preventing foodborne illness that ensures that food
is as safe as possible in all places where it is stored, prepared,
served and consumed
- Provide a physical
environment that encourages proper food safety and handwashing
behaviors for students and staff
- Educate students,
staff, and families about food safety and encourage them to model
appropriate behaviors
- Promote collaboration
among staff, parents, and other school community members on handwashing
and food safety
- Monitor, detect,
and respond appropriately to foodborne illness in school
- Have a foodborne
illness outbreak response plan
What is the
Food-Safe Schools Action Guide?
The Food-Safe
Schools Action Guide is a toolkit that provides a one-stop resource
for preventing foodborne illness. The Action Guide helps schools
to identify gaps in food safety and to develop an action plan for
becoming food-safe. It includes individual critical recommendations
on what key school staff and community members can do to prevent
foodborne illness. Recognizing that school staff often have little
discretionary time to devote to searching for new resources and
materials, the Action Guide also contains useful tips and resources
to help them prioritize recommendations and take action.
To view the Food-Safe
Schools Action Guide go to: www.foodsafeschools.org
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