Organization: Office of Food Safety
The Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center has created this fact sheet that offers six implementation tips to support the use of face masks and PPE in the K-12 learning setting.
The SNA maintains a regularly updated list of resources regarding Covid 19. The list was updated October 12, 2020, and includes updates from the USDA, CDC, DOE, and more.
The School Nutrition Association has released a second publication with regard to the impact of Covid-19 on school foodservice. Topics covered are providing meals and meal assistance during Covid-19 closures, Summer Meal Program planning, and financial impacts of Covid-19 closures. The publication also includes a list of issues ranked by …
The United States Department of Agriculture is working with state child nutrition agencies to provide safe and flexible meal service to children during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Under nationwide non-congregate feeding and meal time waivers, state agencies may allow school food authorities to provide more than one day’s worth of …
FoodCorps provides an extensive list of resources on their website intended to help school nutrition professionals, educators, families, and community members. Topics covered for school foodservice professionals include personal protection, tips on how districts are feeding students during closures, links to guidelines from organizations such as the USDA and FRAC, …
The Los Angeles County Office of Education has provided guidelines that provide early insight into changes that California schools could undergo when reopening for the fall. The guidelines were developed with input from county staffers, outside advisors, and representative from 23 county school systems. One county plans to use an …
This article features an interview with lead cook Irene Pawlische regarding her experiences providing food for school children during the Covid-19 pandemic. Pawlische discusses her journey from menu and recipe testing to boots on the ground distribution of meals to children, sometimes wearing costumes to cheer the children up or …
USDA is working closely with states and child nutrition program operators to provide nutritious meals and snacks to children, while supporting social distancing efforts related to the coronavirus (COVID-19). This document conveys information about the child nutrition program meal service options available during the public health emergency.
The coronavirus pandemic presents unique challenges that may make it difficult for child nutrition program operators to provide meals and snacks directly to the eligible child or adult in their care. This document conveys information, tips, and best practices to consider when allowing local program operators to distribute meals and …
The purpose of this standard operating procedure is to prepare for pandemic incidents involving child nutrition program staff and child nutrition program services. This procedure should be implemented to safely and properly respond to pandemic incidents, some of which may involve school closures.