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School nutrition staff outline steps to reduce food waste, cite USDA rules and operational constraints
Summary
Cabarrus County Schools nutrition staff described menu planning, batch cooking, inventory control, and limits imposed by USDA meal rules as strategies to reduce food waste, and said share tables and some reuse options are limited by safety and program rules.
Cabarrus County Schools staff presented an overview of how the district manages school meal production and the steps it takes to reduce food waste, emphasizing menu planning, inventory control and federal meal program rules.
At the board work session, nutrition staff member Stephanie Allman (presenter) said the district begins by planning menus that will be acceptable to most students while complying with USDA meal patterns for serving sizes and nutrition. "We start with planning menus that are acceptable to the majority of students so we want to be sure we buy…
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