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ResetResource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
    Manual de acreditación para el CACFP
        El Manual de acreditación para el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos (CACFP, por sus siglas en inglés) refleja los requisitos actualizados del patrón de comidas del CACFP.
          FNS-425-S
    08/07/2023
    Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance
    Crediting Handbook for CACFP
        The Crediting Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program reflects the updated CACFP meal pattern requirements, which became effective October 2017.
          FNS-425
    05/08/2023
    Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance | FNS-GD-2018-0001
    Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
        The Food Buying Guide for child nutrition programs has all of the current information in one manual to help you and your purchasing agent buy the right amount of food and the appropriate type of food for your program(s), and determine the specific contribution each food makes toward the meal pattern requirements.
      07/11/2022
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2006-0005
    Implementing the Revised School Meal Recipes
        The recipes from the 1988 Quantity Recipes for School Food Service and the 1995 Tool Kit for Healthy School Meals were revised using updated yields from the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs and using the 2005 Food Code for the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points.
          SP10-2006
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