414-305-1140 Meals and Snacks (1) Meals and snacks for children must be: (a) Prepared on site; (b) Obtained from a source approved by the Oregon Health Authority; or (c) Provided by parents. (2) A certified child care center must ensure that all meals, snacks and beverages follow the current USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (USDA-CACFP) meal pattern requirements, including portion sizes. (3) A certified child care center must develop weekly or monthly written menus that show all foods to be served during that period and make the menus available to parents. (a) Substitutions that meet nutritional requirements are permitted but must be recorded and made available to parents. (b) Menus may be rotated if there is a record of which menu was used for each date. (4) A certified child care center must select and serve food that is safe and has nutritional value. (a) Foods of minimal nutritional value, such as gelatin or desserts, may only be served occasionally and cannot replace nutritious foods. (b) All food products served by the center or brought from individual homes for a group of children must have been inspected and come from commercial suppliers, except for: (A) Fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables; and (B) Foods brought by parents and only consumed by their child. (c) The center must serve beverages consisting only of water, milk or nutritionally equivalent milk substitute, and fruit or vegetable juice. (A) Fruit and vegetable juice must be pasteurized 100 percent juice. (B) Milk must be Grade A pasteurized and fortified milk. (C) Pasteurized powdered milk and evaporated milk must only be used in cooking. (D) A parent may request that their child not be served milk. A certified child care center must obtain written parental permission to not serve milk to a specific child. This must be at the parent’s request, on a case-by-case basis, and not a center-wide policy. (d) The following foods must not be served or offered in uncooked food, or served or offered in a ready-to-eat form: (A) Raw animal foods such as raw fish, raw meat or raw eggs; (B) Partially cooked animal food such as lightly cooked fish, rare meat, soft cooked eggs and meringue; (C) Raw seed sprouts; (D) Home canned food; (E) Food additives and preservatives that are not FDA approved. (e) The center must not serve foods that are associated with young children's choking incidents to children under 3 years of age including, but not limited to: hot dog slices, raw carrots, whole grapes, hard candy, gum, nuts, peanuts, popcorn, rice cakes, chips, gel candies, and marshmallows. Children older than 3 years of age may be served these food provided that the foods are cut in such a way as to minimize choking hazard. (f) Nutrient concentrates and supplements (protein powders, liquid proteins, vitamins, minerals, and other nonfood substances) must not be served to a child without a written statement of parental consent and written instructions from a medical practitioner. (g) Honey or foods containing honey must not be served to children under 12 months of age. (h) Special diets, not including vegetarian diets, may only be served to a child with written instructions from a registered dietician or medical practitioner and written parental consent. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 329A.260 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 329A.260 History: ELD 10-2023, adopt filed 06/28/2023, effective 01/01/2024