A Mandate for Sponsors: A School Food Safety Program

What is HACCP?

• A food safety program that focuses on managing or eliminating potential hazards/risks that could lead to food borne illness (FBI).
• It differs from other programs for sanitation and personal hygiene because the emphasis is on FBI risk elimination and foods flow through a school foodservice facility.
• It works to prevent food safety problems before they occur by identifying and eliminating or controlling possible hazards that can contaminate food as it moves through the foodservice facility.

How Can I Get Help With Developing a Food Safety Program?

• • ADE Memo 09-07 Monitoring Implementation of HACCP – Based Food Safety Program
  • USDA Final Rule related to the mandate of School Food Safety Plans
  • You may request technical assistance through the Arizona Department of Education by contacting your School Nutrition Programs Specialist at 602-542-8700; this information is located at the top of the Sponsor Application in CNP Web.
• Helpful HACCP and Food Safety Websites:
  • www.fns.usda.gov/fns/food_safety.htm
  • http://sop.nfsmi.org/HACCPBasedSOPs.php
  • www.schoolnutrition.org