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Food Safety for Daycare Providers

 

Resources
Print Materials

These fact sheets and materials can be downloaded as PDFs. Interactive versions of some activities are accessible through this course.

Fact sheets

Posters

Activities to do with Children

  • Feed My Friend - PDF
  • Wash Hands - PDF
  • Wash Hands Name Tent - PDF
  • Food Storage Match - PDF

Additional materials from UMass Extension
http://www.umass.edu/umext/nutrition/programs/
food_safety/resources/index.html

 

Websites and other online resources

National Agencies and Organizations

Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
http://www.foodsafety.gov/

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Food and Nutrition Service
Child and Adult Care Food Program
3010 Park Center Drive
Alexandria , VA 22301
http://www.nal.usda.gov/childcare/Safety/index.html

Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
National Agricultural Library
Room 304 10301 Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville , MD 20705-2351
http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodborne/index.html

Food Safety and Inspection Service
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington , D.C. 20250
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/

USDA Food Safety Education and Consumer Information
Maildrop 5268
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Beltsville , MD   20705
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/consedu.htm

 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families
Child Care Bureau
400 Sixth St., S.W.
Washington , D.C. 20013
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/

Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
200 C St., S.W.
Washington , D.C. 20204
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html

 

National Foodservice Management Institute
The University of Mississippi , P.O. Drawer 188
University of Mississippi 38677-3054
http://www.nfsmi.org/Information/Guide.html

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
Caring for Our Children, 2nd ed.
UCHSC at Fitzsimons
Campus Mail Stop F541
PO Box 6508
Aurora , CO 80045-0508  
http://nrc.uchsc.edu/

Partnership for Food Safety Education
http://www.fightbac.org/main.cfm


Massachusetts Food Safety and Education Organizations

Massachusetts Department of Education, Child Nutrition Programs
http://www.doe.mass.edu/cnp/

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Food Protection Program
http://www.mass.gov/dph/fpp/

Massachusetts Partnership for Food Safety Education
http://www.umass.edu/umext/nutrition/programs/
food_safety/partnerships/index.html

University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program
http://www.umass.edu/umext/nutrition/index.html

Online staff development
ABC’s of Good Nutrition for Young Children
http://www.umass.edu/umext/nutrition/online_education/index.html

Bugs at the Banquet Table: Foodborne Illness
http://www.nurseweek.com/ce/ce3240a.html

Fighting Foodborne Illness in Child Care Settings – Independent Study Course for Early Childhood Professionals
http://nerec.unl.edu/nutrition/studycourses/lgraphicfoodborneillness/main.htm

 

Other Food Safety Resources

All About Clean Hands and Teaching About Germs
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
http://www.gphealthsmart.com/cleanhands/games.asp
http://www.gphealthsmart.com/teaching

Dr. Carl Winter’s Food Safety Music
University of California Food Science & Technology Dept.
http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/music.html#slides

Preventing Foodborne Illness in Preschoolers and Senior Adults:
A Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point Approach to Food Safety
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service
http://www.ces.uga.edu/pubs/PDF/FDNS-E45.pdf

Safe Food for Children
Washington State University Extension
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1868/eb1868.pdf

The SOPE Project
Wendy Wakefield Ferrin, Knoxville , TN 37919-5026
http://www.sope.net/index.html

 

Other Health and Education Resources

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/

American Dietetic Association
http://www.eatright.org/

American Public Health Association
http://www.apha.org/

American Red Cross Health and Safety Services
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/

National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
http://www.ncemch.org/

 

Toll Free Numbers

USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline
1.800.535.4555

Food Information Line
1.888.SEAFOOD

Child Care Clearinghouse
1.800.616.2242

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