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Biosecurity Checklist for School Foodservice Programs
Developing a Biosecurity Management Plan |
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Dear School Foodservice Manager:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), has this Biosecurity Checklist for School Foodservice Programs 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. This tool presents a wide array of guidelines and suggestions on how to:
Since each school community is unique, you and other school officials will decide which recommendations are possible and make sense for your school. Keeping our Nation’s food supply safe from terrorism requires a total team effort, with participation from Federal, State, and local governments working with our country’s food and agriculture sectors. At the Federal level, FNS will work with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other agencies to establish guidance for bolstering the biosecurity of food throughout its journey from farm to table—through transportation, storage, preparation, and service. We hope the guidelines and checklists will help you establish a community team and a practical plan to increase food biosecurity in your school. Working together, we can achieve our biosecurity goals and continue to foster good nutrition and improved health for America’s children and families. Child Nutrition Programs Food and Nutrition Service, USDA |
| FNS-364. October 2003, slightly revised March 2004 |
| This document has been revised in response to a vulnerability assessment performed for the National School Lunch Program in accordance with the requirements of the Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-9, which established a national policy to defend the agriculture and food system against terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies. The vulnerability assessment identified potential security concerns as well as mitigation strategies. Both types of information were used to update this document. |
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. (2004).
A biosecurity checklist for school foodservice programs: Developing a biosecurity management plan.
Available at http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/hsmrs/biosecurity.pdf.
National Food Service Management Institute, 2007
The University of Mississippi
