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HACCP
The Child Nutrition and WIC
Reauthorization Act of 2004
requires each school food
authority (SFA) to implement a
school food safety program based
on HACCP (Hazard Analysis and
Critical Control Point)
principles. The School Nutrition
Association (SNA) has assembled
information and resources to
assist SFAs. SNA also offers
educational and training
opportunities appropriate for
school nutrition operations.
Details of the Law: Sec
111 of CN and WIC Reauth Act of
04
‘‘(5) SCHOOL FOOD SAFETY
PROGRAM.-Each school food
authority shall implement a
school food safety program, in
the preparation and service of
each meal served to children,
that complies with any hazard
analysis and critical control
point system established by the
Secretary.’’.
Key Points
USDA’s guidance and other
communications clarify aspects
of the law. Key points include:
- The law addresses the
entire school food safety
program. The HACCP-based
approach relates to
documented details of the
school food safety program.
- Programs may comply with
any HACCP system recognized
by USDA. SFAs that currently
implement traditional HACCP
will not be required to
change provided minimum
required elements are met.
- SFAs that do not
currently have HACCP plans
are encouraged to develop
programs based on the
process approach to HACCP.
- State agencies that
administer the child
nutrition programs will
review for compliance during
the state coordinated review
effort (CRE).
- SFAs are required
develop and implement school
food safety programs during
SY 2005-2006.
There are some elements that
FNS has outlined for a SFA’s
school food safety program to
include in order to comply, at a
minimum, with the requirement.
These are explained in FNS’s
guidance document. The minimum
required elements are:
Food
Safety
New Jersey Department of
Health has revised the state
food safety code, effective
January 2, 2007. Formerly
Chapter 12, the new code is now
located in
Chapter 24. It is
important for food service
operators to take a look at the
new code as there are many
changes from the old code, which
as been in place since 1993.
Schools should contact their
local health departments for
more information on this new
code. The regulations can be
downloaded at the link above.
This link brings you to the
SNA web site resource link on
Food Safety
Bio-Security
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS), has prepared
A Biosecurity Checklist for
School Foodservice Programs:
Developing a Biosecurity
Management Plan. Its
purpose is to help you protect
the health of the children and
adults in your school by
strengthening the safety of your
foodservice operation. While it
is not mandatory, FNS encourages
your school community to develop
a team—to create a food
biosecurity management plan that
will help keep school meals free
from intentional contamination
and enable the foodservice to
respond to threats or incidents
of bioterrorism.
A sample “Food
Biosecurity Management Plan”
can be downloaded by clicking on
this link. It is in Microsoft
word format so that you can
easily customize it to fit your
school district’s needs.
School Nutrition Policy
A policy is mandated for
September 2007. Use this link to
download the “NJ
Model Nutrition Policy”. |
