Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 148 - OFFICE OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES › Chapter 1 - CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM POLICY MANUAL NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE › Section 148-1-IV - NUTRITION REQUIREMENTS › Subsection 148-1-IV-D - REIMBURSABLE/NON-REIMBURSABLE FOOD ITEMS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. PURPOSE:
To identify those food items in each component that may or
					 may not be counted towards meeting the minimum requirements for reimbursement
					 under the Child and Adult Care Food Program. The food items listed as
					 reimbursable may be counted only when served to participants in at least the
					 quantities specified in Subsection A of this section. Those items listed as
					 non-reimbursable (no-count) shall not be served or counted towards meeting the
					 minimum requirements.
I. Meat and Meat
				  Alternate Components
Reimbursable Items
Non-reimbursable Items
Lean meat, poultry, or fish (4)
Bacon and sausages (including sizzlelean, polish
								sausages, salami, pepperoni, kielbasa, etc.
Bologna (5)
Beef Jerky
Frankfurters (5)
Canned pressed luncheon meats
Commercially prepared infant/toddler foods
								containing items from more than one food group
Kidney, liver or other organ meats
Cheese-natural and processed including cottage
								cheese
Cream cheese
specified
cheese alternate
								product (1)
Commercially prepared soups containing meat, fish or
								poultry
Eggs (cooked only)
Meat or cheese included in commercially prepared
								pasta products, such as canned or frozen ravioli, macaroni and cheese,
								spaghetti and hot-dogs, stuffed ziti, etc.
Cooked dry beans or peas
Tofu
Homemade soups containing meat, fish, or poultry -
								provided that required amounts of meat, fish or poultry per serving are known
								and identified on the production report.
Yogurt (except as a supplement or as specified for
								adult day care center participants)
Imitation meats (2)
Imitation cheese (3)
Powdered cheese included in ready to make pasta and
								cheese mixes.
The following nuts: almonds, brazil nuts, cashews,
								filberts (hazelnuts), macadamia nuts, peanuts, pecans, pine nuts (pinyons),
								pistachio nuts, soynuts and walnuts.
All other nuts.
The following seeds: pumpkin, sesame, squash and
								sunflower.
All other seeds.
The following nut and seed butters: almond butter,
								cashew nut butter, peanut butter, sesame seed butter and sunflower seed butter.
All other nut and seed butters.
Yogurt commercially prepared or sweetened and
								Flavored. (For supplements only)
Yogurt - at breakfast, lunch, or supper. Homemade
								Yogurt, commercially available frozen yogurt, or yogurt flavored or coated
								products/
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1. Cheese alternate products which comply
				  with the applicable regulations prescribed by FDA, USDA are credited at only
				  1/2 the amount used, that is, a 3 ounce serving is credited as 1 1/2
				  ounces.
2. Programs administered by
				  the Seventh Day Adventist Church have permission to use meat analogs made from
				  vegetable proteins.
3. Imitation
				  cheese - those products which have not been accepted as meeting the
				  requirements as a cheese alternate product.
4. Fish, wild and domestic animals:
a. Fish - home caught - not creditable under
				  the C.A.C.F.P. Can be a safety hazard because of the danger of pollution and
				  contamination.
b. Game - e.g.,
				  venison, squirrel, rabbit, moose, ducks, geese, pheasants, etc. - For safety
				  reasons not creditable under the C.A.C.F.P. Use of these items is not
				  recommended because of the potential health hazard.
c. Home Grown Meat - not creditable under the
				  C.A.C.F.P. unless inspected and approved by State or Federal Department of
				  Agriculture. Use of non-approved meats is not recommended because of potential
				  health hazard.
5. Must
				  be all-meat or poultry products that do not contain by-products, cereal or
				  extenders.