Summer Food Service Program Guides

The following are U.S. Department of Agriculture publications. All are in PDF format.

• Monitor's Guide — contains information about how the the program is organized, your responsibilities as a monitor, recordkeeping, meal patterns, and sample forms. This file is approximately 450 KB.

• Nutrition Guidance for Sponsors — helps sponsors identify their food service responsibilities. This publication offers menu planning and nutrition guidance along with sample menus of breakfasts, lunches and snacks. Also included are food service recordkeeping requirements, food buying and storage information, and guidance in the areas of food safety and sanitation. This guide is primarily used by sponsors who prepare meals on-site or in central kitchens. This file is approximately 3.97 MB.

• Site Supervisor's Guide (English) — contains information about what to expect from your sponsor, your responsibilities as a site supervisor, meal pattern requirements, safety rules, how to work with official visitors, and do’s and don’ts while running your site. This file is approximately 229 KB.

• Site Supervisor's Guide (Spanish) This file is approximately 226 KB.

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Updated: January 30, 2007