CNP CACFP Food Safety and Sanitation (4.10.2018)

      


All child care centers, family day care homes, emergency shelters and at-risk afterschool care centers participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) must ensure that all meals and snacks served to children are safe. Children younger than 5 are especially susceptible to foodborne illness, which can cause serious side effects, even death.  
 
CACFP facilities are responsible for ensuring that meals served to children are properly prepared using healthy foods and safe food-handling practices. Prevention is the key to providing safe food service. All CACFP facilities must ensure that foods are kept at proper temperatures at all times and that all food service personnel follow appropriate food safety and sanitation practices.