Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Division 51 - SCHOOL FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES › Section 581-051-0305 - Food Safety Inspection Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Central Kitchen" means a foodservice
			 site where food is prepared at a facility and then some or all of the food is
			 delivered to a meal serving site(s) at a place(s) other than the preparation
			 site.
(2) "CNP" means Child
			 Nutrition Programs.
(3)
			 "Competitive Food Sales" means any foods sold in competition with the NSLP and
			 SBP in foodservice areas during the breakfast and lunch meal periods.
(4) "Competitive Food Sales
			 vendor" means any person or organization selling competitive foods in the
			 Sponsor's foodservice areas during the lunch and breakfast meal periods.
(5) "Critical Violation" means a
			 Food Safety Inspection violation that is more likely than other Food Safety
			 Inspection violations to cause food contamination, illness or an environmental
			 health hazard. Priority and Priority Foundation item violations are critical
			 violations.
(6) "Finishing
			 Kitchen" means a foodservice site that receives prepared foods for reheating,
			 assembling, portioning, and serving.
(7) "Food Safety Inspection Annual Report"
			 means the report of completed Sponsor site(s) Food Safety Inspections. The
			 Annual Report is prepared by the Sponsor and submitted to ODE CNP by June 30
			 each school year.
(8) "Food Safety
			 Inspection document of findings" means any form used by the state or local
			 public health authority to document a Food Safety Inspection.
(9) "Food Safety Inspection: National School
			 Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Requirements" means schools shall at
			 least twice each school year obtain a Food Safety Inspection conducted by a
			 state or local governmental agency responsible for food safety inspections.
			 (7 CFR
			 210.13 and
			 7 CFR
			 220.7)
(10) "Foodservice Area" means any area on
			 school premises where NSLP and SBP meals are both served and eaten as well as
			 any other areas where programs meals are served and eaten. Areas where students
			 eat NSLP and SBP meals that are completely separate from the serving area are
			 also part of the foodservice area.
(11) "Notice of Non-Compliance" means
			 documentation that a Critical violation(s) has not been corrected nor has the
			 Sponsor or Competitive Food Sales vendor implemented an alternative plan,
			 approved by the state or local public health authority.
(12) "NSLP" means the National School Lunch
			 Program.
(13) "ODE" means the
			 Oregon Department of Education.
(14) "On-site Preparation Kitchen" means a
			 foodservice site where food is prepared and served at one location.
(15) "Person in Charge" means the person
			 responsible for food safety and sanitation, and who is present at the food
			 establishment during the NSLP, SBP, and Competitive Food Sales hours of
			 operation. The Person in Charge is designated by Public and Private schools and
			 RCCI Sponsors and Competitive Food Sales vendors for each meal site and each
			 Competitive Food Sales site.
(16)
			 "Priority Item" means a provision in the Food Code whose application
			 contributes directly to the elimination, prevention or reduction to an
			 acceptable level, hazards associated with foodborne illness or injury and there
			 is no other provision that more directly controls the hazard. Priority items
			 includes items with a quantifiable measure to show control of hazards such as
			 cooking, reheating, cooling and hand washing
(17) "Priority Foundation Item" means a
			 provision in the Food Code whose application supports, facilitates or enables
			 one or more priority items. Priority foundation items include an item that
			 requires the purposeful incorporation of specific actions, equipment or
			 procedures by industry management to attain control of risk factor that
			 contribute to foodborne illness or injury such as personnel training,
			 infrastructure or necessary equipment, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
			 plans, documentation or record keeping and labeling
(18) "Private School" means any entity,
			 except as provided in ORS
			 339.030(1)(d) and
			 (e), that:
(a) Is not supported with state funds;
(b) Is operated by a
			 non-governmental, religious or non-religious group or organization;
(c) Provides educational services to students
			 at any level, pre-K through grade 12;
(d) Has a teacher or teachers who provide
			 instruction;
(e) Has an
			 administrator or head teacher; and
(f) Occupies one or more buildings.