ADVANCING FOOD RECOVERY IN K-12 SCHOOL CAFETERIAS BY REMOVING FOOD SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL BARRIERS OF SHARE TABLES

Our overall goal is to address the food safety and operational concerns of stakeholders that are limiting share table food recovery.Obj 1. Conduct qualitative interviews with health inspectors to identify the perceived food safety risks that are informing restrictive share table policies: Research.Obj 2. Conduct a Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) of foodborne disease risk due to the consumption of share table food items to address stakeholder food safety concerns and identify best food-safety practices: Research. Obj 3. Develop share table resources in collaboration with key stakeholders and use a train-the-trainer model to pilot them across approximately 60 schools in the FNS Midwest Region: Extension.Obj 4. Launch and evaluate a national dissemination of our research findings and share table resources to key stakeholders via social media marketing and online professional development dissemination: Extension.