All food and drinks must be of safe quality and must be stored,
prepared, distributed, and served under sanitary and safe conditions,
including but not limited to the following:
(1) You must sanitize food service equipment, dishes,
and utensils after each use;
(2) If your child-care center lacks adequate facilities
for sanitizing dishes and utensils, you must use only disposable,
single-use items;
(3) You must wash re-useable napkins, bibs, and tablecloths
after each use;
(4) You must discard single-service napkins, bibs,
dishes, and utensils after use;
(5) Caregivers with open wounds and/or any injury that
inhibits hand washing, such as casts, bandages, or braces, must not
prepare food;
(6) You must serve children's food on plates, napkins,
or other sanitary holders such as a high chair tray, and you must
not place food on a bare table or eating surface, which includes the
floor;
(7) You must not serve foods that present a risk of
choking for infants and toddlers;
(8) You must cover all food stored in the refrigerator;
(9) When meals are prepared at the child-care center,
the food preparation area must be separated from the eating, play,
and bathroom areas. You must not use the food preparation area as
a passageway while food is being prepared; and
(10) You must not store poisonous or toxic materials
and cleaning supplies with food.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §746.3317 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909 |
