A residential care agency must meet all of the following requirements with regard to food services:

1. (1) Nutrition and dietary requirements.

   1. (a) A residential care agency must arrange meals daily, consistent with normal mealtimes that occur during hours of operation and provide snacks between mealtimes.
   2. (b) Menus must be prepared in advance in accordance with USDA guidelines and must provide a sufficient variety of foods served in adequate amounts for each child in care at each meal, including snacks, adjusted for seasonal changes. Records of menus as served must be maintained in the record of the residential care agency for at least six months.
   3. (c) Drinking water must be freely available to the children in care served by the residential care agency.

2. (2) Food selection, storage, and preparation.

   1. (a) All food and drink provided by the residential care agency must be stored, prepared, and served in a sanitary manner.
   2. (b) All employees who handle food served to children in care must have a valid food handlers card pursuant to ORS 624.570.

   3. (c) Selection of food. All food products served by a residential care agency must be obtained from commercial suppliers, this includes grocery stores, farmer markets, food banks, except:

      1. (A) Fresh fruits and vegetables and fruits or vegetables frozen by the residential care agency may be served.
      2. (B) The serving of un-pasteurized juice is prohibited.

   4. (d) Requirements related to milk.

      1. (A) Only Grade A pasteurized and fortified milk may be served to children in care.
      2. (B) Milk and fluid milk products must be dispensed from a commercially-filled plastic container of not more than one-gallon capacity or from a refrigerated bulk container equipped with a dispensing device approved by the Food and Drug Administration or Oregon Department of Agriculture.
   5. (e) Children in care may participate in activities in a food-preparation area, other than routine clean up, only while under the supervision of the employees of the residential care agency.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 409.050, ORS 418.005, ORS 418.327 & ORS 418.240

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 418.205 - 418.327

History

OTIS 35-2023, amend filed 04/17/2023, effective 04/18/2023
CWP 26-2022, renumbered from 413-215-0536, filed 11/28/2022, effective 12/01/2022
CWP 23-2020, minor correction filed 01/13/2020, effective 01/13/2020
CWP 22-2016, f. & cert. ef. 12-1-16
CWP 12-2016(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-1-16 thru 12-27-16
Renumbered from 413-210-0150, CWP 33-2008, f. & cert. ef. 10-17-08
SCF 6-1995, f. 12-22-95, cert. ef. 12-29-95