Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 30 - Division of Regulation and Licensure › Chapter 62 - Licensing Rules for Group Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers › Section 19 CSR 30-62.202 - Nutrition and Food Service

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides the requirements for
				  nutritious meals, snacks and methods of food service.
(1) General Requirements.
(A) The provider shall supply and serve
				nourishing food according to the Meal and Snack Food Chart provided in this
				rule.
(B) The required meal
				schedule shall include breakfast or a midmorning snack, lunch and a
				midafternoon snack for children in care during daytime hours, with a maximum
				time of four (4) hours between any meal or snack. School-age children shall be
				served a snack after school.
(C)
				Children in care during evening hours shall be served a snack. Upon parental
				request, children in care during evening hours shall be served supper and
				children spending the night shall be served breakfast.
(D) Snacks of fruit juice, raw fruit or
				vegetable, milk, crackers, cheese, peanut butter or similar nutritious food
				shall be served.
(E) One (1)
				serving of fluid milk shall be served with each meal.
(F) If the facility is licensed exclusively
				for school-age care, the child may be permitted to bring sack meals. The
				provider shall supply one (1) serving of fluid milk with each sack meal and
				shall supply nutritious snacks.
(G)
				The acceptable food components and serving sizes for meals and snacks are
				outlined in the following chart for each age group. Menus and amounts served
				shall be based on this chart.
Meal and Snack Food Chart
Food Components
Age 1 and 2
Age 3 through 5
Age 6 through 12
BREAKFAST
Requirement-
Fluid Milk*** Juice**or Fruit or Vegetable
1/2 cup 1/4 cup
3/4 cup 1/2 cup
1 cup 1/2 cup
1 serving from each of the 3 food components
Bread or Bread Alternate*
1/2 slice*
1/2 slice*
1 slice*
SNACK
Requirement-
Fluid Milk***
1/2 cup
1/2 cup
1 cup
2 servings selected from 2 of the
Juice**or Fruit or Vegetable
1/2 cup
1/2 cup
3/4 cup
4 food components
Meat or Meat Alternate
1/2 ounce
1/2 ounce
1 ounce
1 serving from the bread component
Bread or Bread Alternate*
1/2 slice*
1/2 slice*
1 slice*
LUNCH/SUPPER
Requirement- 1 serving of milk
						  component
Fluid Milk***
1/2 cup
3/4 cup
1 cup
1 serving from the meat/meat alternate component
MEAT/MEAT ALTERNATE Meat, Poultry, or Fish or Cheese or
						  Egg or Cooked Dry Beans and Peas or Peanut Butter
NATE 1 ounce 1 ounce 1 1/4 cup 2 tablespoons
1 1/2 ounces 1 1/2 ounces 1 3/8 cup 3 tablespoons
2 ounces 2 ounces 1 1/2 cup 4 tablespoons
2 servings from the fruit/vegetable component:
FRUIT/VEGETABLE 1 Vegetable and 1 Fruit or 2 Different
						  Vegetables or 2 Different Fruits
1/4 cup total
1/2 cup total
3/4 cup total
1 serving Bread or Bread from the bread component.
1/2 slice* Alternate*
1/2 slice*
1 slice*
* Or an equivalent serving of an acceptable bread alternate
				  such as cornbread, biscuits, rolls, muffins, cereal, rice, pasta, and the
				  like.
** All fruit juice shall be one hundred percent (100%) fruit
				  juice.
*** See subsection (1)(H) for acceptable milk supply.
(H) The water and milk supply, and
				the method of dispensing, shall be approved by local or state health
				authorities, or both. Powdered milk shall not be used except for cooking
				purposes. Milk substitutes shall not be used for drinking or cooking.
(I) State or local rules, or both, governing
				food service sanitation shall be maintained in the storage, preparation and
				service of foods.
(J) Mealtime
				atmosphere shall be enjoyable and relaxed. No child shall be forced to eat, but
				shall be encouraged to set his/her own pace according to personal
				preferences.
(K) Menus shall be
				available to parents upon request.
(L) Drinking water shall be located
				conveniently near playrooms and the playground so children may be free to drink
				as they wish. Water fountains or individual cups shall be used.