Food Safety in Child Care

Course Description

This online course serves as a food safety resource and training tool for child care center directors, teachers and food service personnel, and family day care home providers.

• Course Number: 452
• Training Length: 45 minutes
• Certificate: Available at the end of training
• Target Audience: Child Care Professionals
• Mandatory: No
• Cost: Free
• Date Recorded: December 31, 2020

Online Course

Please note: The Food Safety in Child Care Course #452 does not meet the 2021-22 Mandatory Training Requirement. The California Department of Social Services will notify all CACFP Operators when the 2021-22 Mandatory Training is available and how to access it.

Begin the Food Safety in Child Care course.

Referenced Resources

• California Department of Education (CDE) Health and Safety Permit and Fire Inspection Management Bulletin web page
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives web page
  
  
• Institute of Child Nutrition Food Safety Resources web page
  
  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) The Big Thaw—Safe Defrosting Methods
  
  
• University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), California Childcare Health Program (CCHP) Health and Safety Notes web page
  
  
• USDA FSIS Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency web page
  
  
• Environmental Protection Agency List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) web page
  
  
• CDC Guidance for Child Care Programs that Remain Open web page
  
  
• UCSF CCHP Guidance for California Child Care Providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic web page
  
  
• CDC Use of Masks to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19 web page
  
  
• CDE COVID-19 Guidance in the Child Nutrition Programs web page
  

Crediting

• Crediting: 1 hour
  
  
• Key Area: Operations (2000)
  • Training Topic: Food Safety and HACCP Training (2600)
    • Learning Objective: Practice general food safety procedures (2620), Promote a culture of food safety behaviors (2640)

For more information on crediting, access the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) web document Professional Standards Learning Objectives (PDF)

Contact Us

If you have technical difficulties or have questions regarding the course content, please contact the Education and Nutrition Policy Unit by email at CACFPMealPatterns@cde.ca.gov.