If I have an electronic database of my recipes, do I need to print a copy?

If all standardized recipes and procedures are available electronically at all schools within the school district, then the Child Nutrition Director does not have to provide hard copies of all recipes to each school.  However, the site manager must print the recipes to be used that day so that a hard copy is available to food workers in the production area.  If an electronic version of the recipes/procedures is only available in the Central Office or at select schools, then a hard copy of the recipes must be printed and provided to each school.  

Each school is required to have one master set of standardized recipes/procedures.  The recipes must be properly sorted and in a binder.  If additional copies of the recipes/procedures are made for individual site staff, these additional copies do not need to be sorted and kept in a binder.  It will be left up to the site manager to determine how these additional copies will be stored.

Prepared: October 2006

If you have questions, contact Dr. Angela Fraser, Associate Professor/Food Safety Education Specialist, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

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