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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 744 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL-AGE AND BEFORE OR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER J - NUTRITION AND FOOD SERVICE
SECTION/RULE §744.2421 - Must I serve meals family style?
Chapter Review Date 03/27/2024

(a) No, you do not have to use family-style meal service, although all meals and snack times must:(1) Be unhurried;(2) Allow children to feed themselves according to their developmental level; and(3) Include adult supervision of children.(b) If meals and snacks are served family style, caregivers must supervise children to prevent cross-contamination of the food.

Source Note: The provisions of this §744.2421 adopted to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective March 10, 2021, 46 TexReg 1473.

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