Part 5: Meal Pattern Requirements for Vended Meals

Course Description

Learn the meal pattern requirements for breakfasts and lunches served in the School Nutrition Programs (SNP) that are provided by vended meal contractors, understand the SNP Operator and vended meals contractor’s responsibilities, and share common findings related to meal pattern requirements.

• Course Number: 680
• Training Length: 43 minutes
• Certificate: Yes
• Target Audience: SNP business officials, SNP food service staff, vended meals contracts
• Mandatory: No
• Cost: Free
• Course updated last: March 2020

Online Course

Begin the Part 5: Meal Pattern Requirements for Vended Meals course.

Referenced Resources

The following resources are referred to throughout this online course.

• Please be aware the California Department of Education (CDE) Management Bulletin, SNP 04-2020 Food Service Mgmt. Company Contract Preapproval has been superseded by Management Bulletin, SNP 05-2023, Food Service Mgmt. Company Contract Preapproval

• CDE Child Nutrition Information and Payment System web page

• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations web page

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) School Meals Patterns with Flexibilities for School Year (SY) 2018–19 (PDF)

• CDE The Vegetable Subgroup List web page

• USDA Menu Planner for School Meals: SY 2018–19 (PDF)

• USDA Offer Versus Serve Guidance for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (PDF)

• USDA Food Buying Guide for CNPs web page

• CDE Buy American Provision for SNPs online course under the SNP tab on the CDE CNPs Course Catalog web page

• Institute of Child Nutrition Basics at a Glance web page

• University of California, Davis Center for Nutrition in Schools Requirements for Transporting Meals web page

• CDE CNPs Course Catalog web page

• CDE Procurement in SNPs web page

• CDE Procurement in CNPs web page

• USDA NSLP web page

Crediting

• Crediting: 0.75 hours
• Key Area: Nutrition (1000)
  • Training Topic: Menu Planning (1100)
    • Learning Objective: Nutrition Requirements (1110)

Contact Us

If you have technical difficulties or questions regarding contracts, please contact the Procurement Resources Unit by email at SFSContracts@cde.ca.gov.

For meal pattern questions, contact the SNP meal pattern team by email at SNPinfo@cde.ca.gov.