Food Safety Regulations

Schools must comply with food safety guidelines in connection with the Living for the Young Family through Education Program (LYFE), including the USDA requirements. These regulations include an HACCP system of process controls to prevent food safety hazards. The Office of School Food and Nutrition Services has developed and incorporated a seven step process in accordance with the USDA's HACCP guidelines.

Read more about food safety requirements here, the Food Allergy Policy here, and the LYFE Program here.

See also Chancellor's Regulation A-812 creating a centralized school procedure for purchasing all food stuffs.

For some federal requirements, see the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's pages on Partnership for Food Safety Education and Food Safety and Terrorism, or the School Meals program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service.