Section 170-297-7825. Satellite kitchens.

(1) When a satellite kitchen or catering service is used to provide food to the child care program, the child care program must have on file a copy of the permit issued by the local health jurisdiction to the satellite kitchen or catering service.

(2) When the satellite kitchen or catering service does not remain on-site during the food service the child care program must develop a system to record the temperature of perishable food once it arrives from a satellite kitchen or a catering service. The system must include:

(a) The name and the temperature of the food;

(b) The date and time the temperature was checked; and

(c) The name and signature or recognized initials of the person who is checking and recording the food temperatures.

(3) The child care program must have a written policy that describes:

(a) How food will be handled once it is on-site;

(b) What back-up system the program will use if the food does not arrive, not enough food arrives, or the food cannot be served; and

(c) How records will be stored on-site for six months.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 12-23-057, § 170-297-7825, filed 11/19/12, effective 12/20/12.]

Chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 12-23-057, § 170-297-7825, filed 11/19/12, effective 12/20/12.